STAGINESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An artificial and mannered quality

Synonyms:

staginess; theatricality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("staginess" is a kind of...):

artificiality (the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally)

Derivation:

stagy (having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality)

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