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Definition of theatrical adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

theatrical

adjective
 
 
/θiˈætrɪkl/
 
/θiˈætrɪkl/
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  1.  
    [only before noun] connected with the theatre
    • a theatrical agent
    Topics Film and theatrec1
  2. (often disapproving) (of behaviour) deliberately attracting attention or creating a particular effect in a way that seems false
    • a theatrical gesture
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek theatrikos (from theatron ‘theatre’) + -al.
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