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theatricalizing

theatricalizing is the present participle and gerund of theatricalize.

Meaning of theatricalize

Verb

theatricalize (third-person singular simple present theatricalizes, present participle theatricalizing, simple past and past participle theatricalized)

  1. (transitive) To render suitable for the theatre.
    • Theater does not expect us to simply stop theatricalizing; it knows that we can theatricalize its conditions as we can theatricalize any others.2016, Hans-Thies Lehmann, Tragedy and Dramatic Theatre, →ISBN, page 151

Questions about theatricalizing

What is theatricalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Theatricalizing is the present participle and gerund of theatricalize.

Words near theatricalizing in the dictionary

  1. theatricalize
  2. theatricalized
  3. theatricalizer
  4. theatricalizers
  5. theatricalizes
  6. theatricalizing
  7. theatrically
  8. theatricalness
  9. theatricals
  10. theatrician
  11. theatricians

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