metatheatrical

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adjective

of or pertaining to metatheatre

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Meanings

adjectivemetatheatrical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableof or pertaining to metatheatre

    Late in the game Core interjects a weird dance by two broccoli spears as well as metatheatrical musings that are genuinely thought-provoking.

    2006 December 15, Laura Molzahn, “Mezza Verita”, in Chicago Reader
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    Amply stocked with jokes about theater lore and wry, metatheatrical gags, it may be silly and inconsequential, but it has more humor and heart than lots of the big-shot musicals on Broadway (1:30).

    2008 August 22, The New York Times, “Theater Listings”, in New York Times

    Like his closest aesthetic cousin in Chicago, Ian Pierce, Corwin has cobbled together a semiabsurdist, metatheatrical approach that rarely gives an audience easy access to his brooding, hard-edged fantasies.

    1999 April 16, Justin Hayford, “Technical Difficulties”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

From meta- + theatrical.

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APA

metatheatrical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metatheatrical

MLA

“metatheatrical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metatheatrical. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metatheatrical,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metatheatrical.

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