histrionics has definitions from the fields of theater,performing arts
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[ noun ] (theater,performing arts) a performance of play

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Everything from poetry to phonetics , history to histrionics , philosophy to party_games has been adapted to the turntable .

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performance matinee stage

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[ noun ] a deliberate display of emotion for effect

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display

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