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Definition of Melodrama
1. Noun. An extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization.
Definition of Melodrama
1. n. Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".
Definition of Melodrama
1. Noun. (archaic) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. ¹
2. Noun. A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the grave digging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio". ¹
3. Noun. (context: uncountable figuratively colloquial) Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Melodrama
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Medical Definition of Melodrama
1. Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio". Origin: F. Melodrame, fr. Gr. Song + drama. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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