What does "psychodrama" mean?

A form of psychotherapy in which a patient acts a role in a context devised by a psychotherapist.

Psychodrama

Common synonyms include: abreaction, acting-out, antimasque, arica movement, assertiveness training, audience success.

noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Noun

1
A form of psychotherapy in which a patient acts a role in a context devised by a psychotherapist. countable, uncountable
2
A drama in this form countable, uncountable
3
A dramatic work focusing on the psychology of its characters countable, rare, uncountable
"[…] to be as often as possible present in the fifty-some psychodramas that fill the television screen each year."

"[…] to be as often as possible present in the fifty-some psychodramas that fill the television screen each year."

From psycho- + drama.

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