histrionicism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

histrionic +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

histrionicism (uncountable)

  1. The histrionic art; stageplaying.
    • 1874, William Black, A Princess of Thule:
      On the one hand, he considered it almost impossible for a woman to be so disingenuous; on the other hand, how could this girl have taught herself, in the solitude of a savage island, a species of histrionicism which women in London circles strove for years to acquire, and rarely acquired in any perfection?
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