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theatricality

Variant of theatrical

adjective

  1. having to do with the theater, the drama, a play, actors, etc.
  2. characteristic of the theater; dramatic; esp. (in disparagement), melodramatic, histrionic, showy, or affected
  3. designating or of a film, usually a feature (), produced for first exhibition in a commercial theater as distinguished from one made for showing first on TV, as home video, etc.
Also, for 1 and 2, theatric

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