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histrionicism

histrionicism noun: the histrionic art; stageplaying.

Noun

histrionicism (uncountable)

  1. The histrionic art; stageplaying.
    • On the one hand, he considered it almost impossible for a woman to be so disingenuous; on the other hand, how could this girl have taught herself, in the solitude of a savage island, a species of histrionicism which women in London circles strove for years to acquire, and rarely acquired in any...1874, William Black, A Princess of Thule

Origin of histrionicism

From histrionic + -ism.

Questions about histrionicism

What does histrionicism mean?
Histrionicism means the histrionic art; stageplaying.
What part of speech is histrionicism?
Histrionicism is a noun.

Words near histrionicism in the dictionary

  1. histrionic personality disorder
  2. histrionic personality disordered
  3. histrionic personality disorders
  4. histrionical
  5. histrionically
  6. histrionicism
  7. histrionicity
  8. histrionick
  9. histrionicotoxin
  10. histrionicotoxins
  11. histrionics

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