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metatheatre

metatheatre noun: self-referential drama.

Noun

metatheatre (uncountable)

  1. self-referential drama

Origin of metatheatre

From meta- + theatre. Coined by Lionel Abel.

Questions about metatheatre

What does metatheatre mean?
Metatheatre means self-referential drama.
What part of speech is metatheatre?
Metatheatre is a noun.

Words near metatheatre in the dictionary

  1. metatextually
  2. metathalami
  3. metathalamic
  4. metathalamus
  5. metatheater
  6. metatheatre
  7. metatheatrical
  8. metatheatricalities
  9. metatheatricality
  10. metatheatrically
  11. metatheca

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