Thesaurus results for PSYCHODRAMA

psychodrama

noun

Definition of psychodrama

as in melodrama

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Recent Examples of psychodrama The Tories, as they are known, had descended into a political psychodrama that had delivered four leaders in as many years. — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 12 May 2026 But on a night on which psychodrama only ever felt one mistake away, the mood just about held throughout. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026 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 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 See All Example Sentences for psychodrama

Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychodrama

Noun

Clearly influenced by Berger, Yoon develops the idea London introduced with only rough-hewn melodrama over a century before, that a precocious enough dog might offer a unique window onto human character.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
As always, the ass-kickin’ melodrama begins and ends with our Mother Lioness, Zoe Saldaña’s Joe McNamara.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of melodrama

Noun

Carys made her professional stage debut in June, playing Nina in Anton Chekhov’s tragicomedy The Seagull in Brooklyn.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
That’s what appears to be the case with Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, who first met in 1992 on the set of romantic tragicomedy Jamón Jamón.

— Alessandra De Tommasi, Vanity Fair, 5 July 2026

Definition of tragicomedy

Noun

The former’s status as a non-comedy comedy has been processed ad nauseam, but Margo makes for a more interesting case as a new show.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2026
The next year, Pastore starred opposite Annabella Sciorra, Ron Eldard and future Sopranos star Aida Turturro in the comedy romance True Love.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of comedy

Noun

Oscar winner Moore plays a shy woman who is unexpectedly cast in a local production of an original musical.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
This placed it more in the category of a new musical, which also meant needing to educate Broadway audiences about the subculture.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026

Definition of musical

Noun

In addition, Hansard worked in the music department of John Carney’s 2016 coming-of-age musical comedy drama Sing Street.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
The claim and counterclaim are among serious allegations – including of smear campaigns and embezzlement – aired in multiple court cases now swirling around the production of the Australian musical comedy.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Definition of musical comedy

Noun

In her performance of Francis Poulenc’s operatic monodrama La Voix Humaine (The Human Voice), Hannigan turned that problem — and many more — into an advantage with a couple of technological aids.

— Justin Davidson, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
At the end of mountain stages, a delicious monodrama always unfolds.

— Thomas Curran, Time, 8 Aug. 2023

Definition of monodrama

Noun

In a series of video interludes that break up the performance into acts, Grande plays Peaches, a woman who wants to undergo a procedure to erase her painful memories.

— Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
Villalobos’ career spans thirty years in the school district with a brief interlude in the private sector, working for education technology companies.

— Austin Horn July 30, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026