Definition of "histrionism" [his•tri•o•nism]

• Histrionic behaviour. (noun)

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• "And with the histrionism of strong emotion she pointed to a corner of the kitchen."
• "Judged from the standard of European histrionism, the plot is weak from the sameness and repetition of the theme."
• "I began to feel that my own personality had somehow slipped away from me, and those dead people, evoked from their graves by an old woman's histrionism, seemed more real to me than my living, breathing self."