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DRAMATISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dramatisation mean?
• DRAMATISATION (noun)
The noun DRAMATISATION has 2 senses:
1. conversion into dramatic form
Familiarity information: DRAMATISATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conversion into dramatic form
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
dramatisation; dramatization
Context example:
the play was a dramatization of a short story
Hypernyms ("dramatisation" is a kind of...):
authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A dramatic representation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
dramatisation; dramatization
Hypernyms ("dramatisation" is a kind of...):
representation (an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dramatisation"):
guerrilla theater; street theater (dramatization of a social issue; enacted outside in a park or on the street)
puppetry (a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets))
Derivation:
dramatise (represent something in a dramatic manner)
dramatise (put into dramatic form)
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