melodramatics
noun
melo·dra·mat·ics
ˌme-lə-drə-ˈma-tiks 
plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: melodramatic conduct or writing
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Heavy on the soap opera melodramatics, the series largely glosses over the conservation issues tigers face.
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Megan Schmidt, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2020
The images of modern Europe, or at least Poland and Italy, reveal economic hardship and a welter of predators and victims, the hunters and the hunted, without amping up the melodramatics.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
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Megan Schmidt, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2020
The images of modern Europe, or at least Poland and Italy, reveal economic hardship and a welter of predators and victims, the hunters and the hunted, without amping up the melodramatics.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
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“Melodramatics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/melodramatics. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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