Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stroke of histrionic art; a theatrical effect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The histrionic art; stageplaying.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
histrionic art;stageplaying .
Etymologies
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histrionic + -ism
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Examples
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On the one hand, he considered it almost impossible for a woman to be so disingenuous; on the other hand, how could this girl have taught herself, in the solitude of a savage island, a species of histrionicism which women in London circles strove for years to acquire, and rarely acquired in any perfection?
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It was all done with that air of quiet histrionicism, and with that sense of self-appreciation, which only the French can achieve in its perfection.
The Cruise of the Jasper B. Don Marquis 1907
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