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dramaturgical

dramaturgical adjective: of or pertaining to dramaturgy.

Adjective

dramaturgical (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to dramaturgy
    • Aeschylus is not concerned here with the mere machinery of dramaturgical device.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “IV. Prometheus”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 112
    • Lloyd's Prayer was developed at Robert Redford's Sundance Institute, where you'd expect it to have gotten a good dramaturgical going-over.1988 September 30, Anthony Adler, “Lloyd's Prayer”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of dramaturgical

From dramaturgy + -ical.

Words formed from dramaturgical

Questions about dramaturgical

What does dramaturgical mean?
Dramaturgical means of or pertaining to dramaturgy.
What part of speech is dramaturgical?
Dramaturgical is an adjective.

Words near dramaturgical in the dictionary

  1. dramaturg
  2. dramaturge
  3. dramaturged
  4. dramaturges
  5. dramaturgic
  6. dramaturgical
  7. dramaturgically
  8. dramaturgies
  9. dramaturging
  10. dramaturgist
  11. dramaturgists

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