STAGINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An artificial and mannered quality

Synonyms:

staginess; theatricality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("staginess" is a kind of...):

artificiality (the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally)

Derivation:

stagy (having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality)