psychodramas

noun

plural of psychodrama
as in melodramas

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  1. comedies
  2. musicals
  3. tragedies
  4. interludes
Noun
  • American coming-of-age comedies rarely beat with such uncomfortable verisimilitude.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • At its best, that instinct lends his comedies a shaggy warmth and a conspiratorial mood that suggests the filmmaker, character, and even viewers are all surviving the humiliation of modern intimacy together.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of comedies
Noun
  • The school commissions Broadway writers to pen musicals for students each year and recently has added in a new summer musical, where commercial producers can workshop and develop shows.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026
  • Founded in 2007 by Gary and Erin Lewis, the company produces stage musicals year-round, as well as musical readings and youth drama education programs.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
Definition of musicals
Noun
  • Lucas believes the city also has a responsibility to celebrate more than its tragedies.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Extreme heat, drought, hail and wildfires are rampant across the world, and fires are no longer just occasional tragedies.
    — Kate Dingwall, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026
Definition of tragedies
Noun
  • Second Line was my mom — her interludes riddled the album with her depiction of what is meant to be a Creole woman in New Orleans.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of interludes
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