Subdrama

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A drama that makes up part of a larger drama.

    "The whole of mid-life is a drama, but within the drama several subdramas move side by side. At times they dovetail; on other occasions the subdramas move at different speeds toward divergent objectives."

Example

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"The whole of mid-life is a drama, but within the drama several subdramas move side by side. At times they dovetail; on other occasions the subdramas move at different speeds toward divergent objectives."

Etymology

From sub- + drama.

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