dramaturgy

Noun

  1. the art of writing and producing plays
    • Synonyms
      • dramatic art
      • dramatics
      • theater
      • theatre
    • Less specific
      • communication
      • communicating
    • More specific
      • stage
    • Parts
      • dramatic composition
      • dramatic work
    • Related
      • theatrical
      • theatrical
      • dramaturgic
      • dramaturgical
      • dramaturgic
      • dramaturgical
    • Member of topics
      • upstage
      • downstage
      • amphitheater
      • amphitheatre
      • closed-circuit television
      • theater
      • theatre
      • house
      • dramatic irony
      • flies
      • seat
      • place
      • ticket agent
      • booking clerk
      • act
      • play
      • roleplay
      • playact
      • stooge
      • enter
      • support
      • star
      • appear
      • co-star
      • overact
      • ham it up
      • ham
      • overplay
      • underact
      • underplay

Context for New Word

Screenshot of context where found dramaturgy

While reading Gergen (2015) I came across dramaturgy as a new word.

I find the idea of how do I put myself into research a little difficult. While I get the idea that we all put ourselves into our research, it seems a bit odd for me and an area that I will have to grow in my understanding. Using this word is an interesting word choice. Figured, I’d share.

The following are the words that are in the New Word Project:


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The definition for this word taken from the Terminology app, which is based on the Princeton University’s WordNet lexical database. If you are interested in how I created this resource and how I add new words to it, you can see my blog post Title of Blog Post.

Added to Project:

Reference Author: Gergen (2015)

Reference Citation:

Gergen, K. J. (2015). The rational self. In An Invitation to Social Construction (pp. 90–119). SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473921276