dramatics

See also: dramàtics

English

Noun

dramatics sg or pl

1. The art of acting and stagecraft.
   • 2005, Carol Seefeldt, How to Work with Standards in the Early Childhood Classroom:

     By providing opportunities, time, and props, teachers can help children achieve the theatre standards of participating in sociodramatic playgroups and taking on roles of others in creative dramatics.

2. Dramatic behaviour.

   Synonym: histrionics

Derived terms

• sociodramatics

Translations

the art of acting and stagecraft

Bulgarian: драматургия f (dramaturgija) Latin: histriōnia f Spanish: dramática (es) f