histrionics

histrionics
/his'tree on"iks/, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.)
1. dramatic representation; theatricals; acting.
2. behavior or speech for effect, as insincere or exaggerated expression of an emotion; dramatics; operatics: Cut out the histrionics - we know you're not really mad.
[1860-65; see HISTRIONIC, -ICS]

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