Definition of Histrionics

1. Noun. A performance of a play.

Exact synonyms: Representation, Theatrical, Theatrical Performance
Generic synonyms: Performance, Public Presentation
Specialized synonyms: Matinee
Derivative terms: Histrionic, Represent, Represent, Theatrical

2. Noun. A deliberate display of emotion for effect.
Generic synonyms: Display

Definition of Histrionics

1. Noun. Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Histrionics

1. [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Histrionics

histotrophic
histotropic
histozoic
histozyme
histozymes
histrio
histrion
histrionic
histrionic personality
histrionic personality disorder
histrionic spasm
histrionical
histrionically
histrionicism
histrionick
histrionics (current term)
histrionism
histrionisms
histrionize
histrionized
histrionizing
histrions
histrios
hists
hit-and-miss
hit-and-run
hit-and-run(a)
hit-by-pitch
hit-or-miss

Literary usage of Histrionics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Guide to the Literature of æsthetics by Charles Mills Gayley, Fred Newton Scott (1890)
"histrionics. Baker, HB English Actors from Shakespeare to Macready. 2 v. NY: 1879. Betterton, Thos. History of the English Stage, from the Restauration to ..."

2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"PUSEYITE " histrionics.» » THEATRE CLERICAL, ST. BARNABAS'S, PIMLICO THE Reverend Proprietor has the honour respectfully to announce that he has established ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1868)
"The little group of histrionics looked silently at each other, and shuddered for the ... Again the histrionics gazed into each other's faces, and shuddered. ..."

4. Literary Chapters by Walter Lionel George (1918)
"Likewise, Tartarin and the people of Tarascon were deceived by their own histrionics. The baobab (arbos gigantea) which Tartarin trained in a flowerpot ..."

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