Puppetry definition

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The art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows.
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The actions of puppets.
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A stilted or artificial dramatic performance.
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The art of making or operating puppets or producing puppet shows.
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(uncountable) The art of making, and performing with puppets.
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(countable) The action of a puppet, or a stilted or puppet-like dramatic performance.
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Noun

Singular:
puppetry
Plural:
puppetries

Puppetry Sentence Examples

  • It uses comic strip puppetry combined with accessible education.

  • A huge variety of visual tricks were also used including puppetry, shadow play and wonderful movement.

  • Founded in 1978 to create innovative and accessible theater featuring puppetry, it tours throughout the UK and abroad.

  • The Workshop's short-range objective is to preserve and safeguard the artifacts and performing system of traditional glove puppetry.

  • Meanwhile, televised glove puppetry remains an oligopoly, with only a few troupes in business and the monopolies usually run by family members.

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