Thesaurus results for PSYCHODRAMA

psychodrama

noun

as in melodrama

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Recent Examples of psychodrama The other is a patchy, unpersuasive psychodrama about the underlying motivations and years-later ramifications of an unspeakable act—or, in this case, an unrealized plan to commit an unspeakable act. —

Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026 The trauma drama — ideally multigenerational and tied to addiction, abuse or both — is a tough one for audiences that tends to work better as an acting showcase than as involving psychodrama. —

David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026 In exerting this apparent influence, Rubio has somehow avoided becoming either a media fixation or a major player in the right’s unfolding psychodrama. —

Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2025 How that psychodrama played out in the UK could have lessons for the US — not least because Cummings eventually succeeded in undermining Johnson’s political career, ultimately defenestrating the prime minister through relentless briefings and leaks. —

Jim Waterson, semafor.com, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for psychodrama

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Noun

There’s something about it that rages and burns, especially among young women who process their emotions through melody and melodrama.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2026
The film is described as a psychological melodrama with almost supernatural overtones, suspended between musical backstage, ghost story, and a toxic relationship between two brilliant women who know each other too well.

— Maddalena Gomez, Vanity Fair, 27 Apr. 2026