puppetry

[ puhp-i-tree ]

noun

, plural pup·pet·ries.

1. the art of making puppets or presenting puppet shows.
2. the action of puppets.
3. mummery; mere show.
4. puppets collectively.

puppetry

/ ˈpʌpɪtrɪ /

noun

1. the art of making and manipulating puppets and presenting puppet shows
2. unconvincing or specious presentation

Word History and Origins

Origin of puppetry¹

First recorded in 1520–30; puppet, -ry

Example Sentences

Some members in the audience showed up in costume but none could compete with the wondrously weird mélange of butoh dance, shadow puppetry, ghosts of various varieties, nurses seeming straight out of horror films along with models, tormented and otherwise.

From Los Angeles Times

In the last year, membership has spiked at the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry.

From Los Angeles Times

She also knows the kinds of people who populate the area, sending Janet and Lacy at one point to a midsummer mystical theatrical presentation, complete with larger-than-life puppetry, after which everyone is implored to take home all the extra zucchini the group grew by accident.

From New York Times

But this is not a story about children’s television, though the details of the production and the puppetry are convincing enough.

From Los Angeles Times

The man gave the role of Queen Amidala to Natalie Portman, an actor who went on to win a best actress Oscar in the same year as “Field Trip,” and dulled down her abilities to the level of taxidermied fish puppetry.

From Salon