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histrionics definition

his·tri·on·ics (-iks)

plural noun

  1. theatricals; dramatics
  2. an artificial or affected manner, display of emotion, etc.; melodramatics

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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