subdrama

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noun

A drama that makes up part of a larger drama.

OriginEnglish drama ← Late Latin drāma ← Ancient Greek δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă) →
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Meanings

nounsubdrama (plural subdramas)

plural subdramas

  1. A drama that makes up part of a larger drama.

    The whole of mid-life is a drama, but within the drama several subdramas move side by side. At times they dovetail; on other occasions the subdramas move at different speeds toward divergent objectives.

    1987, Gordon MacDonald, Rediscovering Yourself, page 22

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Ancient Greekδράω (dráō)
  7. Ancient Greekδρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)
  8. Late Latindrāma
  9. Englishdrama
  10. Englishsubdrama

From sub- + drama.

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APA

subdrama. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subdrama

MLA

“subdrama.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subdrama. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subdrama,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subdrama.

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