scenework

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noun

The elements of a scene in a television episode, movie, or play.

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Meanings

nounscenework (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe elements of a scene in a television episode, movie, or play.

    The scenework proves unsuccessful when Carmichael recalls not the source of her misandry but another episode of overacting, that of castratively biting off the moustache of an amorous man.

    2016, Leslie H. Abramson, Hitchcock & the Anxiety of Authorship

Origin

From scene + -work.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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