"dramatics" meaning in English

See dramatics in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|sp}} dramatics sg or pl
  1. The art of acting and stagecraft. Tags: plural, singular Translations (the art of acting and stagecraft): драматургия (dramaturgija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), histriōnia [feminine] (Latin), dramática [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dramatics-en-noun-aWnRlsgZ Disambiguation of 'the art of acting and stagecraft': 99 1
  2. Dramatic behaviour. Tags: plural, singular Synonyms: histrionics
    Sense id: en-dramatics-en-noun-ZW3ZqTnF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns construed as singular or plural, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English nouns construed as singular or plural: 31 69 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sociodramatics

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sociodramatics"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sp"
      },
      "expansion": "dramatics sg or pl",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              189,
              198
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2005, Carol Seefeldt, How to Work with Standards in the Early Childhood Classroom:",
          "text": "By providing opportunities, time, and props, teachers can help children achieve the theatre standards of participating in sociodramatic playgroups and taking on roles of others in creative dramatics.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The art of acting and stagecraft."
      ],
      "id": "en-dramatics-en-noun-aWnRlsgZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "acting",
          "acting"
        ],
        [
          "stagecraft",
          "stagecraft"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "dramaturgija",
          "sense": "the art of acting and stagecraft",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "драматургия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "lang_code": "la",
          "sense": "the art of acting and stagecraft",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "histriōnia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "the art of acting and stagecraft",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dramática"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English nouns construed as singular or plural",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English pluralia tantum",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dramatic behaviour."
      ],
      "id": "en-dramatics-en-noun-ZW3ZqTnF",
      "links": [
        [
          "Dramatic",
          "dramatic"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "histrionics"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dramatics"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns construed as singular or plural",
    "English pluralia tantum",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "sociodramatics"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sp"
      },
      "expansion": "dramatics sg or pl",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              189,
              198
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2005, Carol Seefeldt, How to Work with Standards in the Early Childhood Classroom:",
          "text": "By providing opportunities, time, and props, teachers can help children achieve the theatre standards of participating in sociodramatic playgroups and taking on roles of others in creative dramatics.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The art of acting and stagecraft."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "acting",
          "acting"
        ],
        [
          "stagecraft",
          "stagecraft"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Dramatic behaviour."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Dramatic",
          "dramatic"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "histrionics"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "dramaturgija",
      "sense": "the art of acting and stagecraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "драматургия"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "the art of acting and stagecraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "histriōnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "the art of acting and stagecraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dramática"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dramatics"
}

Download raw JSONL data for dramatics meaning in English (1.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.