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psychodrama en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Ancient Greek δράω (dráō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)bor. Late Latin drāmabor. English drama English psychodrama From psycho- + drama.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A form of psychotherapy in which a patient acts a role in a context devised by a psychotherapist.
2. (countable, uncountable) A drama in this form
3. (countable, rare, uncountable) A dramatic work focusing on the psychology of its characters
   • […] to be as often as possible present in the fifty-some psychodramas that fill the television screen each year. 1997, Irshad Manji, Risking Utopia: On the Edge of a New Democracy, page 148:

Forms

Relateds

encounter group · psychodramatist · psychodramatic

Translations (5)

sv psykodrama (a form of psychotherapy) · es psicodrama (a form of psychotherapy) · fr psychodrame (a form of psychotherapy) · ka ფსიქოდრამა (a form of psychotherapy) · ca psicodrama (a form of psychotherapy)