theatrical

Definition

Of or relating to the theatre.

Etymology

From Latin theātricus + -al. By surface analysis, theatre + -ical.

Example Sentences

• "12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled."
• "The ceremony and its scene were characterised by that high sense of the theatrical which has marked the activities of the Third Reich."