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Schauspiel — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drama noun A play written for the stage, television, radio, or film, acted out by performers taking on characters.
  • histrionic adjective Excessively dramatic or emotional in a way that seems staged and is meant to attract attention.
  • spectacle noun An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.

Senses

Schauspiel is used for these senses in English:

  • drama (uncountable) Theatrical plays in general.
  • histrionic Of or relating to actors or acting.
  • spectacle An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.

drama — full definition

  1. noun A play written for the stage, television, radio, or film, acted out by performers taking on characters.
  2. noun An intense, emotionally charged real-life situation or conflict.
  3. noun Exaggerated, attention-seeking behaviour, gossip, or unnecessary conflict.

histrionic — full definition

  1. adjective Excessively dramatic or emotional in a way that seems staged and is meant to attract attention.
  2. adjective Relating to actors, acting or the theatre.
  3. noun Exaggerated dramatic behaviour designed to produce an effect on other people; usually used in the plural, histrionics.

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