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paratheater

paratheater noun: a kind of experimental theater in which the audience directly participates.

Noun

paratheater (uncountable)

  1. A kind of experimental theater in which the audience directly participates.

Forms of paratheater

alternative formparatheatre

Origin of paratheater

From para- + theater, coined by Jerzy Grotowski.

Questions about paratheater

What does paratheater mean?
Paratheater means a kind of experimental theater in which the audience directly participates.
What part of speech is paratheater?
Paratheater is a noun.

Words near paratheater in the dictionary

  1. paratextuality
  2. paratextually
  3. paratha
  4. parathalamic
  5. parathas
  6. paratheater
  7. paratheatre
  8. paratheatrical
  9. parathecal
  10. parathecia
  11. parathecial

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