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metatheatrical en · ADJ

Etymology

From meta- + theatrical.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) of or pertaining to metatheatre
    • Amply stocked with jokes about theater lore and wry, metatheatrical gags, it may be silly and inconsequential, but it has more humor and heart than lots of the big-shot musicals on Broadway (1:30). 2008 August 22, The New York Times, “Theater Listings”, in New York Times:
    • Like his closest aesthetic cousin in Chicago, Ian Pierce, Corwin has cobbled together a semiabsurdist, metatheatrical approach that rarely gives an audience easy access to his brooding, hard-edged fantasies. 1999 April 16, Justin Hayford, “Technical Difficulties”, in Chicago Reader:
    • Late in the game Core interjects a weird dance by two broccoli spears as well as metatheatrical musings that are genuinely thought-provoking. 2006 December 15, Laura Molzahn, “Mezza Verita”, in Chicago Reader: