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metadrama

metadrama noun: the appearance of a play within another play as part of its plot.

Noun

metadrama (countable and uncountable, plural metadramas)

  1. The appearance of a play within another play as part of its plot.
    • Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night Dream" is famous for its metadrama.

Forms of metadrama

pluralmetadramas

Origin of metadrama

From meta- + drama.

Questions about metadrama

What does metadrama mean?
Metadrama means the appearance of a play within another play as part of its plot.
What part of speech is metadrama?
Metadrama is a noun.
What is the plural of metadrama?
The plural of metadrama is metadramas.

Words near metadrama in the dictionary

  1. metadocuments
  2. metadolerite
  3. metadolerites
  4. metadoleritic
  5. metadoxine
  6. metadrama
  7. metadramas
  8. metadramatic
  9. metadramatist
  10. metadramatists
  11. metadrenaline

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