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Definition of Histrionics
1. Noun. A performance of a play.
Generic synonyms: Performance, Public Presentation
Specialized synonyms: Matinee
Derivative terms: Histrionic, Represent, Represent, Theatrical
2. Noun. A deliberate display of emotion for effect.
Definition of Histrionics
1. Noun. Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Histrionics
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Histrionics
Literary usage of Histrionics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Guide to the Literature of æsthetics by Charles Mills Gayley, Fred Newton Scott (1890)
"histrionics. Baker, HB English Actors from Shakespeare to Macready. 2 v. NY: 1879.
Betterton, Thos. History of the English Stage, from the Restauration to ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"PUSEYITE " histrionics.» » THEATRE CLERICAL, ST. BARNABAS'S, PIMLICO THE Reverend
Proprietor has the honour respectfully to announce that he has established ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1868)
"The little group of histrionics looked silently at each other, and shuddered for the
... Again the histrionics gazed into each other's faces, and shuddered. ..."
4. Literary Chapters by Walter Lionel George (1918)
"Likewise, Tartarin and the people of Tarascon were deceived by their own histrionics.
The baobab (arbos gigantea) which Tartarin trained in a flowerpot ..."
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