melodramaticity
melodramaticity noun: the quality of being melodramatic.
Noun
melodramaticity (uncountable)
- The quality of being melodramatic.
- One of the heartbreak Hamlets, the almost great, is Hagar’s Horde, by George Kibbe Turner. The atmosphere, of brooding fear over the coming of the yellow fever into Memphis, is done with the effectiveness of [Edgar Allan] Poe’s best atmosphere stories; only the unneeded melodramaticity of the plot...1927 October 5, Clement Wood, “Modern Fiction”, in The Outline of Man’s Knowledge […], New York, N.Y.: Lewis Copeland Company, published 30 November 1927 (6th printing), →OCLC, book III (The Outline...
- Although the drama occupies an important role in the literary creations of Bukharan Jewry in the 1930’s, serious strictures must be levelled against it not only from the point of view of content but also from the artistic aspect. Naivety, melodramaticity, cheap pathetics, the weakness of the...1972 January 30–31, Michael Zand, “The Culture of the Mountain Jews of the Caucasus and the Culture of the Jews of Bukhara”, in Aryeh Tartakower, Zelda Kolitz, editors, Jewish Culture in the Soviet...
- Synonyms:
- melodramaticness
Examples of melodramaticity in a sentence
- Naivety, melodramaticity, cheap pathetics, the weakness of the dramatic plot, banality of language – these are the main weak points of these creations.1972 January 30–31, Michael Zand, “The Culture of the Mountain Jews of the Caucasus and the Culture of the Jews of Bukhara”, in Aryeh...
- No one can determine the boundaries between nationalist euphoria, melodramaticity and a statement of hallowed self-perception by a people who had become or just unbecome a subject nation.2007 November, Robert B. Pynsent, “Conclusory Essay: Activists, Jews, the Little Czech Man, and Germans”, in Central Europe, volume 5...
- The low lighting creates a sense of intimacy between the women and it is intensified by a melodic non-diegetic music which is an instrumental song which heightens the melodramaticity of the scene.2008 March, Raphael Albuquerque de Boer, “Is Lesbian Love Monstrous?”, in Representations of Women in the Movies The Color Purple and...
- In this way, the play upon melodrama becomes an act of self-deprecation, making fun of one’s already assumed melodramaticity, which makes the show palatable to a wider US audience.2022 October 4, Matthew Bush, “Notes”, in Other Americans: The Art of Latin America in the US Imaginary, Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of...
Synonyms of melodramaticity
Origin of melodramaticity
From melodramatic + -ity.
Questions about melodramaticity
- What does melodramaticity mean?
- Melodramaticity means the quality of being melodramatic.
- How do you use melodramaticity in a sentence?
- Naivety, melodramaticity, cheap pathetics, the weakness of the dramatic plot, banality of language – these are the main weak points of these creations.
- What part of speech is melodramaticity?
- Melodramaticity is a noun.
Words near melodramaticity in the dictionary
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