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Noun Concept
Categories: Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Tragedies (dramas), Wikipedia articles with style issues, All articles with style issues, Drama genres
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melodrama  Dramatize  Issues melodrama  melodrama film  melodramas
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An extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization WordNet 3.0
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An extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Wikipedia
A variant of drama that involves exaggeration of plot and characters to evoke strong emotions Wikipedia Disambiguation
Dramatic work that exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions Wikidata
IS A
drama
comedy
film genre
Theatrical style
art genre
HAS KIND
soap opera
melodrama
Medea
The Dog of Montarges
duodrama
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HAS INSTANCE
Perséphone
Snöfrid
DERIVATION
histrionic
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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melodrama
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melodrama
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melodrama
Wikipedia Redirections
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Dramatize, Issues melodrama, melodrama film, melodramas, melodramatic, Melodrame, mélodrame, Tear-jerkers, Tear jerkers, tearjerkers, weepie
Wikidata Alias
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melodramatic play

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