theatricalize

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verb

To render suitable for the theatre.

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Meanings

verbtheatricalize (third-person singular simple present theatricalizes, present participle theatricalizing, simple past and past participle theatricalized)

present singular third person theatricalizes · participle present theatricalizing · participle past theatricalized · past theatricalized

  1. transitiveTo render suitable for the theatre.

    Theater does not expect us to simply stop theatricalizing; it knows that we can theatricalize its conditions as we can theatricalize any others.

    2016, Hans-Thies Lehmann, Tragedy and Dramatic Theatre, →ISBN, page 151

Origin

From theatrical + -ize.

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APA

theatricalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theatricalize

MLA

“theatricalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theatricalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “theatricalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theatricalize.

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