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theatrical

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adj/θiːˈætɹɪkəl//θiˈætɹɪkəl/
  1. 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 th
  2. 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.
noun/θiːˈætɹɪkəl//θiˈætɹɪkəl/
  1. 1

    A stage performance, especially one by amateurs.

  2. 2

    A commercially produced film to be shown in movie theaters.

    • Release schedules were stepped up so that virtually all of the summer theatricals are coming to video before year's end.
  3. 3

    A person who works in theatre.

    • Both of her parents were theatricals — that is, the father played the violin and the mother attempted to dance but later she dropped the pretence.

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