Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable)The art of making, and performing with puppets

    Puppenspiel

    the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows

  2. (countable)The action of a puppet, or a stilted or puppet-like dramatic performance

    a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets)

  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Finery; affectation

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Thomas’ tribespeople are experts in puppetry.

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  2. "Property is theft." "Puppetry is theft?"

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
art of making and performing with puppets:

Origin

From puppet + -ry.

From puppet + -ry.

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Forms

plural: puppetries
Singularpuppetry
Pluralpuppetries

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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