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docudrama
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Word definitions for docudrama in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A docudrama can remedy unhappy or unjust conclusions by packaging them in palatable forms. ▪ Another reason some producers like docudramas is their low cost. ▪ Despite my personal reservations about docudramas, it was certainly ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event [syn: documentary , documentary film , infotainment ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A type of drama (a film, a television show, or a play) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
docudrama \docudrama\ n. a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event. Syn: documentary, documentary film, infotainment.
Usage examples of docudrama.
The blue in the title of the docudrama referred to the color of the uniform worn by the Betan Expeditionary Force, of which Captain Cordelia Naismith had been a part.
Think of the TV penchant for docudramas, or the Woody Allen movie in which our hero suddenly inserts himself within a well-known sequence of Hitler addressing his supporters at a Nuremberg rally.
The Cades weren't stellar personalities, the kind people made docudramas out of.