psychodrama
a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
Origin of psychodrama
1Other words from psychodrama
- psy·cho·dra·mat·ic [sahy-koh-druh-mat-ik], /ˌsaɪ koʊ drəˈmæt ɪk/, adjective
- Compare sociodrama.
Words Nearby psychodrama
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How to use psychodrama in a sentence
In Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love, Crispin writes, “the focus of attention is the self, and the beautiful locale becomes the backdrop of the real action, which is interior psychodrama.”
The sorry French psychodrama surrounding the Rwanda tragedy has to stop.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Yes, France Is To Blame For Rwanda | Bernard-Henri Lévy | April 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the curse of the Boomer psychodrama about the Clintons will be canceled for lack of interest.
And the psychodrama that ensued has been a gift that keeps on giving.
France’s Petty Politics Brings Christmas Early to Scandal Lovers | Tracy McNicoll | December 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe psychodrama is finally penetrated by news when the BP oil spill takes place (I know, soooo 2010).
Aaron Sorkin’s Cable Crackup: Why His HBO Series Is a Snooze | Howard Kurtz | June 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Tweeters compared the new "psychodrama" to Feydeau, the Belle Epoque playwright famed for bedroom farce.
France’s Valerie Trierweiler Tweets Against Segolene Royal | Tracy McNicoll | June 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for psychodrama
/ (ˈsaɪkəʊˌdrɑːmə) /
psychiatry a form of group therapy in which individuals act out, before an audience, situations from their past
a film, television drama, etc, in which the psychological development of the characters is emphasized
Derived forms of psychodrama
- psychodramatic (ˌsaɪkəʊdrəˈmætɪk), adjective
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