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Definition of Histrionical

Histrionical
Histrionic His`tri*on"ic, Histrionical His`tri*on"ic*al, a. [L. histrionicus: cf. F. histronique. See Histrion.] Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad sense. -- His`tri*on"ic*al*ly, adv. Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. --De Quincey.

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- Look up histrionic or histrionics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Histrionic may refer to: related to or reminiscent of (theatrical) acting, or acting...
- Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is defined by the American Psychiatric ****ociation as a personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive...
- the screen. Kingsley's performance is powerful without being loud or histrionic; he is almost always quiet, observant, and soft-spoken on the screen,...
- the point that anyone around him who so much as flinches looks hammily histrionic." Interviewers Richard Thompson and Tim Hunter commented that Eastwood's...
- he served in Spain. In 1920, Lieutenant Colonel José Millán Astray, a histrionic but charismatic officer, founded the Spanish Foreign Legion, along similar...
- autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister. In writing the play, Williams...
- the 2012 Archibald Prize for a 'faceless' self-portrait entitled The Histrionic Wayfarer (after Bosch). His win proved a controversial choice by the judges...
- antisocial (3.8 times), paranoid (3.4 times), schizotypal (3.1 times), histrionic (2.9 times), p****ive-aggressive (2.4 times), and narcissistic (1.6 times)...
- increased homicide rate, most notably narcissistic, anti-social, and histrionic personality disorders and those ****ociated with psychopathology. Several...
- "entertainingly irritating" in a performance that "avoids the obvious route of histrionic posing"; "The startling, bona fide sorrow that Mr. Olyphant brings to...