docudrama
Syllables: doc·u·dra·ma/ˈdɒkjʊˌdɹɑːmə//ˈdɑkjəˌdɹɑmə/
docudrama noun: a type of drama (a film, play, television show, etc.) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events.
Noun
docudrama (countable and uncountable, plural docudramas)
- A type of drama (a film, play, television show, etc.) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events.
- What he saw was a school system in defeat, in panic. When a man must fight he reaches for such weapons as he has and understands. Early last summer, Phil[lip C.] Lewis stripped the cover off his typewriter, squared a sheet of paper on the platen, and invented DocuDrama. It's a dramatization of the...1957 September 28, William A[nthony] Caldwell, “The best investment society can make …”, in Bergen Evening Record, volume 63, number 98, Hackensack, N.J.: The Bergen Evening Record Corp., →OCLC...
- A docu-drama entitled "Crisis in the Local Congregation" on extremism was presented by a group from the Fourth Avenue Methodist Church under the directorship of Mr. Martin Bard.1967, “Morning Session: January 18, 1967”, in Journal of the Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church and the National Division, World Division, Woman’s...
- Synonyms:
- drama documentary, dramamentary
docudrama meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Arabic
docudrama in Tamil
- மெய்ப் புனைவாக்கம்
docudrama in Urdu
- type of drama that combines elements of documentary and drama
- دستاویزی ڈراما
docudrama in Kannada
- type of drama that combines elements of documentary and drama
- ಸಾಕ್ಷ್ಯಚಿತ್ರ ನಾಟಕ sākṣyacitra nāṭaka
docudrama in Arabic
- type of drama that combines elements of documentary and drama
- دراما وثائقية
More languagesFewer languages
- docudrama in Malay
- drama dokumentari
- docudrama in Indonesian
- drama dokumenter
- docudrama in Persian
- مستند درام
- docudrama in Thai
- ละครสารคดี
Examples of docudrama in a sentence
- Early last summer, Phil[lip C.] Lewis stripped the cover off his typewriter, squared a sheet of paper on the platen, and invented DocuDrama.1957 September 28, William A[nthony] Caldwell, “The best investment society can make …”, in Bergen Evening Record, volume 63, number 98...
- In other words, docudrama covers an amazing variety of dramatic forms, bound together by two things.1999, “Introduction”, in Alan Rosenthal, editor, Why Docudrama?: Fact-fiction on Film and TV, Carbondale; Edwardsville, Ill.: Southern...
- "Docudrama" is by its nature a confusing genre—neither fish nor fowl, and thus lacking either taste or substance.2008 December 30, Bob Sommer, “The Education of David Frost”, in CounterPunch, Petrolia, Calif.: CounterPunch, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
- Fenny Compton featured in the recent TV docudrama Mr Bates vs The Post Office.2024 April 3, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw’s Britain: Destination Harrow”, in Rail, number 1006, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media...
Synonyms of docudrama
Forms of docudrama
| plural | docudramas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | docu-drama |
Origin of docudrama
Blend of documentary + drama.
Words formed from docudrama
Questions about docudrama
- What does docudrama mean?
- Docudrama means a type of drama (a film, play, television show, etc.) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events.
- What is docudrama in Tamil?
- Docudrama in Tamil is மெய்ப் புனைவாக்கம். See Docudrama meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use docudrama in a sentence?
- Early last summer, Phil[lip C.] Lewis stripped the cover off his typewriter, squared a sheet of paper on the platen, and invented DocuDrama.
- What part of speech is docudrama?
- Docudrama is a noun.
- How do you pronounce docudrama?
- Docudrama is pronounced /ˈdɒkjʊˌdɹɑːmə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of docudrama?
- The plural of docudrama is docudramas.
Words near docudrama in the dictionary
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