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legitimate theater

legitimate theater noun: serious drama, as opposed to farce or musical theater.

Noun

legitimate theater (countable and uncountable, plural legitimate theaters)

  1. (uncountable) Serious drama, as opposed to farce or musical theater.
    • [while watching "Planet of the Apes", the musical] I love legitimate theater1996, Jack Barth, “A Fish Called Selma”, in The Simpsons, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta)
  2. (countable) A theater that performs serious dramas.

Antonyms of legitimate theater

Forms of legitimate theater

plurallegitimate theaters
alternative Commonwealthlegitimate theatre

Origin of legitimate theater

A reference to the British Licensing Act 1737.

Questions about legitimate theater

What does legitimate theater mean?
Legitimate theater means serious drama, as opposed to farce or musical theater.
What part of speech is legitimate theater?
Legitimate theater is a noun.
What is the plural of legitimate theater?
The plural of legitimate theater is legitimate theaters.

Words near legitimate theater in the dictionary

  1. legitimate dramas
  2. legitimate fertilization
  3. legitimate fertilizations
  4. legitimate interest
  5. legitimate interests
  6. legitimate theater
  7. legitimate theaters
  8. legitimate theatre
  9. legitimated
  10. legitimately
  11. legitimateness

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