theatrics

/θiˈætɹɪks/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

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noun

"the swingy, shooty theatrics of Bionic Commando"
"Drogba's main contribution prior to his goal was to go through his full range of theatrics but this was an example of exactly why Di Matteo made him his choice."
"Even though Susan thought her somewhat flappish at times, behind all her theatrics, she was a sound friend."

Etymology tree English theatric Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Middle English -es English -s English -ics English theatrics From theatric + -ics.

hokum

beatrix

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How do you pronounce theatrics?

The recorded pronunciation is /θiˈætɹɪks/.

What does theatrics mean?

Theatrical appearance or character.

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