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Word Meanings - DRAMATURGY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The art of dramatic composition and representation.

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  • REPRESENTATIONARY
    Implying representation; representative.
  • DRAMATIC; DRAMATICAL
    Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid. The emperor . . . performed his part with much dramatic effect. Motley.
  • REPRESENTATION
    1. The act of representing, in any sense of the verb. 2. That which represents. Specifically: A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like. A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical
  • DRAMATICALLY
    In a dramatic manner; theatrically; vividly.
  • COMPOSITION
    The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment. Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. Hallam.
  • DECOMPOSITION
    1. The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of
  • MISREPRESENTATION
    Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives. Sydney Smith. Note: In popular use, this word often conveys the idea of intentional
  • RECOMPOSITION
    The act of recomposing.
  • DISCOMPOSITION
    Inconsistency; discordance. Donne.
  • MELODRAMATIC
    Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. -- Mel`o*dra*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
  • MONODRAMATIC
    Pertaining to a monodrama.

 

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