histrionics

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histrionics noun acting, affectation, affectedness, airs, ars ludicra, artificial behavior for effect, display, draaatic art, dramatic representation, dramaturgy, emotional display for effect, exaggeration, false show, fanfaronade, melodramatics, orotundity, ostentation, overacting, parade, performance, pretense, show, showmanship, stagecraft, theatrecraft, theatricalism, theatricalness

See also: exaggeration, pretense

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acting affectation affectedness airs ars ludicra artificial behavior for effect display dramatic art dramatic representation dramaturgy emotional display for effect exaggeration false show fanfaronade melodramatics orotundity ostentation overacting overemphasis			That is precisely why Admiral Rous's ingenious scale has stood the test of time, and will continue to stand, despite the misguided histrionics of inveterate modernists. Misguided histrionics; LETTERS by The Racing Post (London, England) First up, though, were Bristol band Onslaught who delivered a wholehearted set full of dynamism, enthusiasm and old school-style histrionics. Thrash aces stand the Test of time; REVIEW by Birmingham Mail (England) Instead the gothtronic Canadians delivered a set more memorable for the band's pantomime histrionics and ghoulish electro-punk aesthetic than their music. THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE Stereo, Glasgow, July 14 [...] by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)			hindmost hindrance hindsight hindward hinge hint hint at hints hire hire out hired hired hand hirer Hirohito His excellency his honor Hiss, Alger historic historical record historically speaking historiette historify historize history histrionic histrionics hit hit a dog with car hit against hit and run hit back Hit someone with a golf ball, liability? hit upon hit upon a solution hitch Hitler, Adolf hive Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood hoard hoax Hobbes, Thomas hobble hobby loss hoboism Hodge-podge act hodgepodge hoding back paycheck not legal Hoeres factus Hoeres natus Hoffa, James Riddle Hoffman, Walter Edward			Histri Histri Histrichosis histriconism Histriobdellidae histrion histrion histrionic histrionic histrionic histrionic paralysis Histrionic personality Histrionic personality histrionic personality (disorder) histrionic personality (disorder) histrionic personality (disorder) histrionic personality (disorder) histrionic personality disorder histrionic personality disorder histrionic personality disorder histrionic personality disorder Histrionic Personality Disorder ≥ 5 criteria Histrionic Personality Disorder ≥ 5 criteria histrionical histrionical histrionical histrionically histrionically histrionically Histrionicism histrionics Histrionicus Histrionicus Histrionicus histrionicus Histrionicus histrionicus Histrionism Histrionism Histrionize Histriophoca Histriophoca Histriophoca fasciata Histriophoca fasciata Histroria Francorum Histroria Francorum Histrory Histrory Histrory Histrory HISTS Histussin HISU HISW HISWA HISWAN HiSWANa HISWG HISWP hit hit hit hit

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