dramatic behaviour

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• dramatic */*/*/ — UK [drəˈmætɪk] / US adjective 1) sudden and surprising or easy to notice a dramatic increase in sales The change in him was dramatic. 2) exciting and impressive a dramatic game 3) dramatic behaviour is done to impress other people Don t be so… …   English dictionary

• dramatic*/ — [drəˈmætɪk] adj 1) sudden and surprising, or easy to notice a dramatic increase in sales[/ex] 2) exciting and impressive a dramatic game[/ex] 3) dramatic behaviour is done to impress other people 4) relating to the theatre or plays dramatically… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• dramatic literature — Introduction       the texts of plays that can be read, as distinct from being seen and heard in performance.       The term dramatic literature implies a contradiction in that literature originally meant something written and drama meant… …   Universalium

• human behaviour — Introduction       the potential and expressed capacity for physical, mental, and social activity during the phases of human life.       Human beings, like other animal species, have a typical life course that consists of successive phases of… …   Universalium

• collective behaviour — ▪ psychology Introduction       the kinds of activities engaged in by sizable but loosely organized groups of people. Episodes of collective behaviour tend to be quite spontaneous, resulting from an experience shared by the members of the group… …   Universalium

• sexual behaviour, human — Introduction       any activity solitary, between two persons, or in a group that induces sexual arousal. There are two major determinants of human sexual behaviour: the inherited sexual response patterns that have evolved as a means of ensuring… …   Universalium

• collective behaviour — Potentially a very wide ranging field of study which deals with the ways in which collective behaviours emerge as responses to problematic circumstances and situations. At one extreme this can mean the study of co ordinated and organized social… …   Dictionary of sociology

• histrionic — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or concerning actors or acting. 2 (of behaviour) theatrical, dramatic. n. 1 (in pl.) a insincere and dramatic behaviour designed to impress. b theatricals; theatrical art. 2 archaic an actor. Derivatives: histrionically adv.… …   Useful english dictionary

• dramatics — /drəˈmætɪks/ (say druh matiks) noun 1. (construed as singular or plural) the art of producing or acting dramas. 2. (construed as plural) dramatic productions, especially by amateurs. 3. (construed as plural) dramatic behaviour …  

• Genesis (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Genesis Img capt = Genesis performing live on their 2007 US tour in Pittsburgh. (Left to right: Daryl Stuermer (guitar), Mike Rutherford (guitar and bass guitar), Tony Banks (keyboards), Phil Collins (lead vocals and …   Wikipedia

• dramatics — noun a) (used with a singular or plural verb) the art of acting and stagecraft. b) (used with a singular or plural verb) dramatic behaviour …   Wiktionary