histrionism

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But she adds: "Perhaps that wasn't, in my then stage of development, quite so much a feat of pure histrionism as I complacently considered it."

From Time Magazine Archive

All men have their foibles, and Sindhia's was histrionism, which imposed on no one.

From Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan by Keene, H. G. (Henry George)

No amount of ready histrionism was sufficient to prevent a very meaning, though momentary, sneer from passing over the beautiful face of the singer as Ludovico spoke thus.

From A Siren by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus

It had its faults, of course—floridness, pomposity, too much histrionism.

From Yet Again by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

Beyond this I cannot consent to any publication, or to the abuse of any publication of mine to the purposes of histrionism.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas