histrionicism

English

Etymology

histrionic +‎ -ism

Noun

histrionicism (uncountable)

1. The histrionic art; stageplaying.
   • 1874, William Black, A Princess of Thule:

     On the one hand, he considered it almost impossible for a woman to be so disingenuous; on the other hand, how could this girl have taught herself, in the solitude of a savage island, a species of histrionicism which women in London circles strove for years to acquire, and rarely acquired in any perfection?