Definition of "theatrics" []

• The art of the theater. (noun)
• Theatrical effects or mannerisms; histrionics. (noun)

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• "MCEDWARDS: Well, a reluctant Saudi Arabia and other Arab states have agreed to attend next week's U. S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference, but the Saudi foreign minister said that he would not toller what he called theatrics -- things like handshakes with Israeli officials."
• "“Ultimately, this case, despite the legal theatrics, is just like any other: a means to an end,” he adds, in the other."
• "No amount of theatrics is going to reverse the housing policy of the last 25 years, which calls for the de-projectification of public housing."