dramaticity
The quality of being dramatic.
Noun
- The quality of being dramatic.
- “You must blame me for that: as stage manager, with an eye to dramatic effect, I forbade it,” said the doctor; “though one might as well expect heat from an iceberg as extract a spark of—of dramaticity from either of...
- But Fra Filippo was too fine a psychologist not to understand that in a similar theme the manifestation of grief was absolutely essential; he therefore had recourse to an ingenious stratagem, introducing in his...
- Obviously, in these three types of dramaticity, the parties use narratives involving national identity by invoking the cultural icons most favorable for legitimizing their interests. - 2002, Hernán Vidal, “Afterword:...
Origin
Etymology tree Ancient Greek δράω (dráō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek δρᾱμᾰτῐκός (drāmătĭkós)lbor. English dramatic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English dramaticity From dramatic + -ity.