theatrical
adjectivenounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//θiːˈætɹɪkəl//
- United States//θiˈætɹɪkəl//
Of or relating to the theatre.
adjective
- 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
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.
Etymology
From Latin theātricus + -al. By surface analysis, theatre + -ical.
noun
- 1
A stage performance, especially one by amateurs.
- 2
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.
- 3
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.
Forms
- plural
- theatricals
- comparative
- more theatrical
- superlative
- most theatrical
theatrical · Of or relating to the theatre.
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