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Meaning of "spectacularity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPECTACULARITY

spectacularity  [spɛkˌtækjʊˈlærɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPECTACULARITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spectacularity is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES SPECTACULARITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spectacle

In general, spectacle refers to an event that is memorable for the appearance it creates. Derived in Middle English from c. 1340 as "specially prepared or arranged display" it was borrowed from Old French spectacle, itself a reflection of the Latin spectaculum "a show" from spectare "to view, watch" frequentative form of specere "to look at." The word spectacle has also been a term of art in theater dating from the 17th century in English drama.

Definition of spectacularity in the English dictionary

The definition of spectacularity in the dictionary is the quality of being spectacular.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPECTACULARITY


angularity
ˌæŋɡjʊˈlærɪtɪ
bipolarity
ˌbaɪpəʊˈlærɪtɪ
capillarity
ˌkæpɪˈlærɪtɪ
cellularity
ˌseljʊˈlærɪtɪ
circularity
ˌsɜːkjʊˈlærɪtɪ
dissimilarity
ˌdɪsɪmɪˈlærɪtɪ
granularity
ˌɡrænjʊˈlærɪtɪ
hilarity
hɪˈlærɪtɪ
insularity
ˌɪnsjʊˈlærɪtɪ
irregularity
ɪˌrɛɡjʊˈlærɪtɪ
jocularity
ˌdʒɒkjʊˈlærɪtɪ
modularity
ˌmɒdjʊˈlærɪtɪ
molarity
mɒˈlærɪtɪ
muscularity
ˌmʌskjʊˈlærɪtɪ
particularity
pəˌtɪkjʊˈlærɪtɪ
polarity
pəʊˈlærɪtɪ
popularity
ˌpɒpjʊˈlærɪtɪ
regularity
ˌrɛɡjʊˈlærɪtɪ
singularity
ˌsɪŋɡjʊˈlærɪtɪ
vascularity
ˌvæskjʊˈlærɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPECTACULARITY

spectacle
spectacle case
spectacled
spectacles
spectacular
spectacularly
spectate
spectator
spectator sport
spectatorial
spectatorship
spectatrices
spectatrix
spectinomycin
Spector
spectra
spectral
spectral class
spectral luminous efficiency
spectral type

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPECTACULARITY

authority
charity
clarity
collinearity
complementarity
disparity
familiarity
interdisciplinarity
linearity
multicollinearity
nonlinearity
osmolarity
parity
peculiarity
planarity
rarity
registered charity
similarity
solidarity
unfamiliarity
vulgarity

Synonyms and antonyms of spectacularity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spectacularity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPECTACULARITY

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

Translator English - Chinese

spectacularity
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espectacularidad
570 millions of speakers

English

spectacularity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spectacularity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

spectacularity
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Эффектность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

espectacularidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spectacularity
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spectacularity
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spektakuler
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spektakularität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

spectacularity
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

spectacularity
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spektakuler
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

spectacularity
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spectacularity
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नेत्रदीपकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spectacularity
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spettacolarità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

widowiskowość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ефектність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spectaculozitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θεαματικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spectacularity
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spectacularity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spectacularity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spectacularity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPECTACULARITY»

The term «spectacularity» is used very little and occupies the 178.301 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of spectacularity
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPECTACULARITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spectacularity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spectacularity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPECTACULARITY»

Discover the use of spectacularity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spectacularity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Digital Storytelling: The Narrative Power of Visual Effects ...
In relation to the issue of narrative versus spectacularity, the case studies in this chapter show that, in looking at the role ofthe hero, spectacularity can have narrative motivation. Moments of spectacularity achieved through DVFx are either  ...
Shilo T. McClean, 2007
2
Politics and Violence in Cuban and Argentine Theater
Instead, spectacle and spectacularity expanded its frontiers beyond the theatrical space and became an overt political tool. In this book, we will examine how four playwrights endeavored to take this use of spectacle—one that had been used ...
Katherine Ford, 2010
3
The Spectacle of Japanese American Trauma: Racial ...
35 Chow's theorization of the West's construction of Asian spectacularity allows us to see how “a social relationship between people that is mediated by images” underwrote (and continues to underwrite) an entire U.S. policy for containing the  ...
Emily Roxworthy, 2008
4
Things Fall Away: Philippine Historical Experience and the ...
Pina's eagerness to respond to the pen pal ad stems from her desire to attain this spectacularity, which is achieved as much by her picture being circulated in a foreign magazine as it is by her having an American boyfriend. Her sudden energy ...
Neferti X. M. Tadiar, 2009
5
Popular Culture Theory and Methodology: A Basic Introduction
One of the most persistent formalized distinctions used to argue for the artificial, decadent, and/or politically retrograde nature of popular or mass culture has been based on its visual immediacy and sensationalism — its spectacularity.
Harold E. Hinds, Marilyn Ferris Motz, Angela M. S. Nelson, 2006
6
Seeing Justice Done: The Age of Spectacular Capital ...
From Ritual to Spectacle: The Rise of the Penal Voyeur in Early Modern France Watching Executions before the Sixteenth Century Spectacular Novelties A New Spectacularity: Anatomy Theaters, Executions, and the Diary of Felix Platter ...
Paul Friedland, 2012
7
The British Pop Dandy: Masculinity, Popular Music and Culture
Remarkably, at only 30, Williams had been on a winning streak for 10 years.1 The focus of this chapter falls on the many facets of spectacularity within a media- saturated arena. How is British pop dandyism framed by traditions that raise ...
Stan Hawkins, 2009
8
Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black ...
37 The costume works on Mungo precisely because it combines villainy, comedy, and spectacularity. However, it is a spectacularity that rather than removing Mungo from the modern context more firmly inserts him in it. The costume works on ...
Monica L. Miller, 2010
9
Hollow Women: Rape and Sodomitical Desire in Early Modern Drama
39 According to Bray and King, a public spectacularity, rather than a private interiority, was the medium through which social and erotic relations were negotiated. I suggest that Titus reflects this earlier economy of alliance: desire is written on ...
Christina M. Mohler, 2008
10
The Gendering of Men, 1600-1750
Spectacularity, then, was a residual power. The particularized and representative body had been countered by an emerging public sphere of private men; at the same time, resistance would make publicity, in its residual form, a vehicle for ...
Thomas Alan King, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPECTACULARITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spectacularity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
JR Smith Is Fun Again
It was this trying of shit that lent Iverson his spectacularity, and also what sunk him in certain respects. A good number of the criticisms leveled at him over his ... «VICE, Apr 15»
2
La Boheme review (Sydney Opera House)
It's truly immersive and would triumph on the strength of spectacularity alone. But then there are the singers. And actors. Of course, the two don't always coincide ... «Daily Review, Jan 15»
3
Pulse Flashback 12/13/2004: Smark Raw Report, Chavo/Big Show …
Back for another week of spectacularity with a lovely Lita picture just to show how happy I am with her Raw match. Just think about falling and bending like ... «Inside Pulse, Dec 14»
4
Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer: Six questions we need …
The 88-second clip, the first glimpse of new Star Wars movie material in a decade, revealed little except several bits of spectacularity that made grown men cry ... «New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV, Dec 14»
5
Gov't insists Hotesur accusations are false
The governor of Buenos Aires province Daniel Scioli in his turn questioned the “spectacularity” of the raids ordered by judge Bonadío and called for “prudence ... «Buenos Aires Herald, Nov 14»
6
Michael Jackson musical is a real Thriller at Bradford Alhambra
... there, kicking off an ever-growing surge of decibels and agile spectacularity from an inexhaustible cast of front-line principals and very hard-working support. «Keighley News, Nov 14»
7
"We can't deny the important role of lifestyle
This formatting suits our "need of spectacularity", as Italian author/culture philosopher Alessandro Baricco states in his collection of essays, The Barbarians. «Dezeen, Apr 14»
8
Super Bowl 2014 Halftime Show: Watch Bruno Mars & RHCP Rock …
... Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna and Prince, it was all but guaranteed that we'd be blown away by theatrics and spectacularity in performance. «Crave Online, Feb 14»
9
'Game of Thrones' Season 4 Trailer Clues Us In On King Joffrey Sex …
So when the trailer came out, full of dramatic spectacularity and wintryness and our favorite families, it was extremely exciting. But then, there's that split second ... «Bustle, Jan 14»
10
CALL FOR ILLUSION SUBMISSIONS: THE WORLD'S 10TH …
Spectacularity. Visit the illusion contest website for further information and to see the illusions, photo galleries and other highlights from the 2013 and previous ... «Scientific American, Jan 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Spectacularity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/spectacularity>. Apr 2024 ».
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