Antiplay

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A play (dramatical production) that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the play, such as a coherent plot and resolution.

    "Samuel Beckett wrote several absurdist antiplays."

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"Samuel Beckett wrote several absurdist antiplays."

Etymology

From anti- + play.

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