Word Meanings - DRAMATURGY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The art of dramatic composition and representation.
Related words: (words related to DRAMATURGY)
- 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.