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illegitimate theater

illegitimate theater noun: lightweight, mass-appeal theatrical productions such as pantomimes and musicals, as opposed to the "legitimate theater" of serious drama.

Noun

illegitimate theater (countable and uncountable, plural illegitimate theaters)

  1. (uncountable) Lightweight, mass-appeal theatrical productions such as pantomimes and musicals, as opposed to the "legitimate theater" of serious drama.
  2. (countable) A theater that performs this kind of lightweight production.

Forms of illegitimate theater

pluralillegitimate theaters
alternative formillegitimate theatre

Questions about illegitimate theater

What does illegitimate theater mean?
Illegitimate theater means lightweight, mass-appeal theatrical productions such as pantomimes and musicals, as opposed to the "legitimate theater" of serious drama.
What part of speech is illegitimate theater?
Illegitimate theater is a noun.
What is the plural of illegitimate theater?
The plural of illegitimate theater is illegitimate theaters.

Words near illegitimate theater in the dictionary

  1. illegibly
  2. illegit
  3. illegitimacies
  4. illegitimacy
  5. illegitimate
  6. illegitimate theater
  7. illegitimate theaters
  8. illegitimate theatre
  9. illegitimate theatres
  10. illegitimated
  11. illegitimately

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