Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dramality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dra-mal-i-ty
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A genre of television programming that blends reality TV with elements of drama.

Uncountable

noun

A television program of this genre.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Minnie had come up with the brilliant idea of spoofing a dramality show of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Lindsay Lohan doing "hard time" in a primadonna version of prison, complete with diamond-studded ankle cuffs."
"Yet neither thinks dramalities signal an end to either scripted or traditional reality TV."

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek δράω (dráō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)bor. Late Latin drāmabor. English drama Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin reālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Medieval Latin reālitāslbor. French réalitéder. English reality blend English dramality Blend of drama + reality. Coined by Survivor creator Mark Burnett in 2000.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dramalities (plural)

Questions

What does dramality mean?: A genre of television programming that blends reality TV with elements of drama.
Where does dramality come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δράω (dráō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)bor. Late Latin drāmabor. English drama Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin reālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Medieval Latin reālitāslbor. French réalitéder. English reality blend English dramality Blend of drama + reality. Coined by Survivor creator Mark Burnett in 2000.

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