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Theatrical

//θiˈætɹɪkəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the theatre.

    "12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled."

  2. 2
    Fake and exaggerated.

    "The ceremony and its scene were characterised by that high sense of the theatrical which has marked the activities of the Third Reich."

Adjective
  1. 1
    suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to the theater wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A stage performance, especially one by amateurs.
  2. 2
    a performance of a play wordnet
  3. 3
    A commercially produced film to be shown in movie theaters.

    "Release schedules were stepped up so that virtually all of the summer theatricals are coming to video before year's end."

  4. 4
    A person who works in theatre.

    "Both of her parents were theatricals — that is, the father played the violin and the mother attempted to dance but later she dropped the pretence."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin theātricus + -al. By surface analysis, theatre + -ical.

Etymology 2

From Latin theātricus + -al. By surface analysis, theatre + -ical.

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