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directoritis

directoritis noun: the situation where a play or film is spoiled by overdirecting.

Noun

directoritis (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The situation where a play or film is spoiled by overdirecting.
    • "Directoritis strikes again!" bemoans Dan Sullivan, who believes that the director of Wallace Shawn's Aunt Dan and Lemon replaces the characters' intellectual and verbal energy with "transparent rationalizations for the personal hang-ups of the characters […]1988, Richard H. Palmer, The Critics' Canon: Standards of Theatrical Reviewing in America

Origin of directoritis

From director + -itis.

Questions about directoritis

What does directoritis mean?
Directoritis means the situation where a play or film is spoiled by overdirecting.
What part of speech is directoritis?
Directoritis is a noun.

Words near directoritis in the dictionary

  1. directoria
  2. directorial
  3. directorially
  4. directories
  5. directorish
  6. directoritis
  7. directorium
  8. directorless
  9. directorly
  10. directors
  11. directors general

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