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In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.
William Dean Howells

Meaning of "histrionic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HISTRIONIC

From Late Latin histriōnicus of a player, from histriō actor.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HISTRIONIC

histrionic  [ˌhɪstrɪˈɒnɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HISTRIONIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Histrionic can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HISTRIONIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Histrionic

Histrionic may refer to: ▪ Acting, and the theatre ▪ Histrionic personality disorder, a Cluster B personality disorder ▪ Histrionics, by The Higher ▪ Histrionicus, a genus of ducks...

Definition of histrionic in the English dictionary

The first definition of histrionic in the dictionary is excessively dramatic, insincere, or artificial. Other definition of histrionic is dramatic. Histrionic is also melodramatic displays of temperament.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HISTRIONIC


anionic
ˌænaɪˈɒnɪk
baryonic
ˌbærɪˈɒnɪk
bionic
baɪˈɒnɪk
cationic
ˌkætaɪˈɒnɪk
chorionic
ˌkɔːrɪˈɒnɪk
cryonic
kraɪˈɒnɪk
embryonic
ˌɛmbrɪˈɒnɪk
extraembryonic
ˌɛkstrəˌɛmbrɪˈɒnɪk
fermionic
ˌfɜːmɪˈɒnɪk
ganglionic
ˌɡæŋɡlɪˈɒnɪk
ionic
aɪˈɒnɪk
Napoleonic
nəˌpəʊlɪˈɒnɪk
nonionic
ˌnɒnaɪˈɒnɪk
polyembryonic
ˌpɒlɪˌɛmbrɪˈɒnɪk
postembryonic
ˌpəʊstˌɛmbrɪˈɒnɪk
psionic
saɪˈɒnɪk
synkaryonic
sɪnˌkærɪˈɒnɪk
thermionic
ˌθɜːmɪˈɒnɪk
vibrionic
ˌvɪbrɪˈɒnɪk
zwitterionic
ˌtsvɪtəraɪˈɒnɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HISTRIONIC

historicity
historicize
historied
histories
historiette
historify
historiographer
historiographic
historiographical
historiography
historiology
historism
history
histrio
histrion
histrionical
histrionically
histrionicism
histrionics
histrionism

WORDS THAT END LIKE HISTRIONIC

amnionic
avionic
chronic
electronic
harmonic
iconic
interionic
ironic
nepionic
pionic
postganglionic
preganglionic
scorpionic
sonic
symphonic
talionic
thionic
Tiptronic
tonic
ultrasonic

Synonyms and antonyms of histrionic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HISTRIONIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «histrionic» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of histrionic

Translation of «histrionic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HISTRIONIC

Find out the translation of histrionic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of histrionic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «histrionic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

戏剧性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

histriónica
570 millions of speakers

English

histrionic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अभिनय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تمثيلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

театральным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

histriônico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নাটকীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

théâtral
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Histrionic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

theatralisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

わざとらしい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신파조
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Histrionik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

diển kịch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நடிப்புத்திறனுடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विनोदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aşırı duygusal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

istrionico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

histrioniczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

театральним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

histrionic
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

οιστριονική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

histrioniese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

histrionisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Dramatiserende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of histrionic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HISTRIONIC»

The term «histrionic» is regularly used and occupies the 60.542 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HISTRIONIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about histrionic

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5 QUOTES WITH «HISTRIONIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word histrionic.
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Dido Armstrong
I always want to bring emotion across in a straightforward way. I don't want to get histrionic when I'm singing. For me that's just not interesting; it goes too far down one road.
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William Dean Howells
In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.
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Jeffrey Kluger
Narcissism falls along the axis of what psychologists call personality disorders, one of a group that includes antisocial, dependent, histrionic, avoidant and borderline personalities. But by most measures, narcissism is one of the worst, if only because the narcissists themselves are so clueless.
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Eddie Redmayne
A lot of people think theatre must be much harder work than film, but anything histrionic or superfluous gets seen on camera so you have to work to distil it into a complete sense of what's true.
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Dave Sim
Leftist reactions are always histrionic.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HISTRIONIC»

Discover the use of histrionic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to histrionic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Understanding Personality Disorders
Here, Dobbert offers an introduction to the most common personality disorders, and a guide for those who work, live, or come in contact with sufferers on a daily basis.
Duane L. Dobbert, 2010
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Personality Disorders in Modern Life
Attention to detail and in-depth discussion of the subtleties involved in these debilitating personality disorders make this book an ideal companion to the DSM-IV(TM).
Theodore Millon, Carrie M. Millon, Sarah Meagher, 2012
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The Disordered Couple
CHAPTER. 10. The. Histrionic-Obsessive. Couple. Len. Sperry. Michael. P. Maniacci. There was a time when relational conflict between an obsessional husband and a histrionic wife was the most common presentation in couples therapy ...
Jon Carlson, Len Sperry, 1998
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Handbook of Psychiatry: Volume 4, The Neuroses and ...
(Adults of either sex do the same with children.) It is no accident that so many of the women with histrionic personalities are strikingly attractive, or were when younger. They behave as they do because in a very real sense they were trained to ...
Gerald F. M. Russell, Lionel Hersov, 1983
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Histrionic topography: or, The birth-places, residences, and ...
We have been recently favoured with an inspection of these premises, and have found abundant cause to admire the simplicity of taste which led this unequalled practitioner of the histrionic art to cultivate, in family privacy, the easy dignity of ...
James Norris Brewer, 1818
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Oxberry's dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes [ed. ...
The Creation was performed by drapers ; the Deluge, by dyers; Abraham, Melcbisedec, and Lot, were acted by barbers; the Pur ification, by blacksmiths; the Last Supper) by bakers ; the .Resurrection, by skinners ; and the Ascension, by tailors.
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Clinical Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental ...
Guilford Press, New York, pp. 106–108. one's own psychotherapeutic skills can be unnecessary and even irresponsible. Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) Definition HPD isapervasivepatternofexcessiveemotionalityand attention-seeking .
Michael B. First, Allan Tasman, 2010
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Passive-aggression: A Guide for the Therapist, the Patient, ...
A Guide for the Therapist, the Patient, and the Victim Martin Kantor. HISTRIONIC PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVES Histrionic passive-aggressives are noted for their teasing, envying, invalidating/demeaning, and somatizing — four important aspects ...
Martin Kantor, 2002
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Oxberryś Dramatic Biography and Histrionic Anecdotes
William Oxberry, Catherine Elizabeth Hewitt Oxberry. OTHELLO. Shakespeare borrowed the plot of this tragedy from a novel of Geraldi Cinthio, and has fell into a most sin. gular error, either by his own misconception of the Italian author, (if he  ...
William Oxberry, Catherine Elizabeth Hewitt Oxberry, 1825
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Lies! Lies!! Lies!!!: The Psychology of Deceit
that, similar to the antisocial personality, issues related to deceit and sexual behavior are frequently described in the person with a histrionic personality. The richest of these descriptions comes from psychoanalysts who have worked closely ...
Charles V. Ford, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HISTRIONIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term histrionic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Surrey woman who stabbed mother 24 times knew it was 'morally …
Psychiatrist Todd Tomita diagnosed Zerbinos with mixed personality disorder, with histrionic and antisocial traits. But Yamashiro argued she ... «The Province, Jul 15»
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Review: 'Scenes From an Execution' Features Jan Maxwell as a …
... a jaded New York hostess in a Stephen Sondheim musical (“Follies”) or a highly histrionic actress in a classic satire of life in the theater (“The ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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All American Girl - Los Angeles Times
In purely dramatic terms, the scene seems histrionic and strident, as indeed, does much of the play. “All American Girl” succeeds primarily as a ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
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Hearing Footsteps, Fake-Ass Progressives Rush to Demonize …
All the staged campaign events and histrionic punditry in the world can't chase away that perception—unless you're a true believer. «New York Observer, Jul 15»
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Nicole Kidman strains to save flat Strangerland - The Georgia Straight
Unfortunately, when you strip away the red-saturated night scenes, histrionic close-ups, dread-inducing music, and an unusually garish ... «Straight.com, Jul 15»
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How To Cut Toxic Relationships Out Of Your Life, In 13 Practical …
People need to know enough to make sure you're not in the same room, and if they start accusing you of being histrionic or arguing, just say something about ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
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PERRY: James Holmes defined insanity, but probably not for a jury …
It means that the legal standard for insanity isn't as histrionic as District Attorney George Brauchler wants us to believe. For 12 jurors on the trial, ... «Aurora Sentinel, Jul 15»
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'The Guardsman' delivers fresh take on Broadway classic in Madison
Both characters are histrionic in nature, and live their days as if they are in a never-ending stage production. The Actor suspects his wife is ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
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Freedom Stories: what I've learned from filming Australia's asylum …
By collaboratively listening to former asylum seekers rather than the histrionic voices around them, perhaps I could help return to these vilified ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
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Quick Change at 25
We had to go through to this kind of tribunal at the Directors Guild and they were incredibly histrionic. I remember Stanley Kramer was on this ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»

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