theaterical

Adjective

theatrical (comparative more theatrical, superlative most theatrical)

1. Of or relating to the theatre.
   • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
     The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV...

   Synonyms:

   dramatic, histrionic, scenic, stagy, theatric, thespian

2. Fake and exaggerated.
   • The ceremony and its scene were characterised by that high sense of the theatrical which has marked the activities of the Third Reich.1941 July, “The Armistice Coach”, in Railway Magazine, page 317

   Synonyms:

   affected, stagy, effete, fey, recherché, hoity-toity, overrefined, pansified, precious, pretentious

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