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guerrilla theater

guerrilla theater noun: a form of protest performance art carried out in public.

Noun

guerrilla theater (uncountable)

  1. A form of protest performance art carried out in public.
    • "R.I.P. Brother, Sister, Friend, Lover, Unknown," read the cardboard tombstones in a mock cemetery set up by ACT UP/Boston on the front lawn of Fisons Pharmaceutical Corporation Aug. 4. In an audacious display of guerrilla theater, six ACT UP pallbearers, carrying a black coffin, led a procession...1988 August 20, Chris Bull, “ACT UP Zaps Fisons Co.”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 6, page 1

Questions about guerrilla theater

What does guerrilla theater mean?
Guerrilla theater means a form of protest performance art carried out in public.
What part of speech is guerrilla theater?
Guerrilla theater is a noun.

Words near guerrilla theater in the dictionary

  1. guerrilla diplomats
  2. guerrilla gardening
  3. guerrilla knitting
  4. guerrilla marketing
  5. guerrilla television
  6. guerrilla theater
  7. guerrilla traveler
  8. guerrilla travelers
  9. guerrilla warfare
  10. guerrillaism
  11. guerrillalike

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