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Histrionics

//hɪstɹiˈɑnɪks// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics. plural, plural-only

    "Dexter's vocals are competent enough: his timbre is thin and eternally teenaged, but he can go apeshit on the hiccupy histrionics like no one's business."

  2. 2
    a performance of a play wordnet
  3. 3
    a deliberate display of emotion for effect wordnet

Etymology

From histrionic + -ics, see histrionic.

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