MELODRAMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does melodrama mean? 

• MELODRAMA (noun)
  The noun MELODRAMA has 1 sense:

1. an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization

  Familiarity information: MELODRAMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MELODRAMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("melodrama" is a kind of...):

comedy (light and humorous drama with a happy ending)

Derivation:

melodramatic (characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected)

 Context examples 

"A bit of hysteria and melodrama, eh?" he queried.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)