What does "theatricality" mean?

Theatrical behaviour and mannerisms.

Theatricality

Q: What is a synonym for "theatricality"?

Common synonyms include: blood and thunder, dramatics, emotionalism, histrionics, human interest, melodrama.

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Noun

1
Theatrical behaviour and mannerisms. uncountable, usually
"The contradictoriness and multifacetedness of identity is a constant theme in a play which deals so centrally with ideas of plays, illusion, rôle-playing and theatricality."
2
an artificial and mannered quality wordnet

Synonyms

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blood and thunder dramatics emotionalism histrionics human interest melodrama

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"The contradictoriness and multifacetedness of identity is a constant theme in a play which deals so centrally with ideas of plays, illusion, rôle-playing and theatricality."

Etymology

From theatrical + -ity.

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