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dramality

dramality noun: a genre of television programming that blends reality TV with elements of drama.

Noun

dramality (countable and uncountable, plural dramalities)

  1. (uncountable) A genre of television programming that blends reality TV with elements of drama.
    • Minnie had come up with the brilliant idea of spoofing a dramality show of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Lindsay Lohan doing "hard time" in a primadonna version of prison, complete with diamond-studded ankle cuffs.2008, Kate Harmon, The Formal, Speak, →ISBN, page 53
  2. (countable) A television program of this genre.
    • Yet neither thinks dramalities signal an end to either scripted or traditional reality TV.2004 November 17, Anne Becker, “Scenes From a Marriage”, in Broadcasting & Cable

Forms of dramality

pluraldramalities

Origin of dramality

Blend of drama + reality. Coined by Survivor creator Mark Burnett in 2000.

Questions about dramality

What does dramality mean?
Dramality means a genre of television programming that blends reality TV with elements of drama.
What part of speech is dramality?
Dramality is a noun.
What is the plural of dramality?
The plural of dramality is dramalities.

Words near dramality in the dictionary

  1. dramady
  2. dramafest
  3. dramafests
  4. dramaless
  5. dramalities
  6. dramality
  7. dramamentaries
  8. dramamentary
  9. dramamine
  10. dramamonger
  11. dramamongers

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