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scenetics en · NOUN

Etymology

From scene + -etic + -s.

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) The study or practice of managing the effect of setting on one's mental state.
    • The beautiful meadows set the mood As most scenetics do 2001, Timothy Earwood, The Great Expansion: Prose and Poetry, page 47:
    • Once they ingest the medicine, we work on their loop thinking, toxic patterns, and repetitive scenetics. 2020, David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Winter Counts, page 81:
  2. (plural, plural-only) The setting of a scene; staging.
    • Even without a contract in hand, the serious student studied and memorized operatic roles in their entirety, fine-tuned them with a musical coach, and learned the scenetics of the roles with a dramatic coach. 2004, Victoria Etnier Villamil, From Johnson's Kids to Lemonade Opera, page 154: