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docudrama

  • /ˈdɒkjʊˌdɹɑːmə/ UK
  • /ˈdɑkjəˌdɹɑmə/ US

noun docudramas · docu-drama

  1. US, countable, uncountable A type of drama (a film, play, television show, etc.) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events. What he saw was a school system in defeat, in panic. When a man must fight he reaches for such weapons as he has and understands. Early last summer, Phil[lip C.] Lewis stripped the cover off his typewriter, squared a sheet of paper on the platen, and invented DocuDrama. It's a dramatization of the f

    Similar: drama documentary, dramamentary

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noun type of drama that combines elements of documentary and drama

Españoldocudrama, drama documental
한국어다큐드라마 dakyudeurama, 다큐멘터리 드라마 dakyumenteori deurama
日本語ドキュドラマ dokyudorama, ドキュメンタリードラマ dokyumentarīdorama
中文紀錄式劇情片 /纪录式剧情片 jìlùshìjùqíngpiān, jìlùshìjùqíngpiàn, 劇情式紀錄片 /剧情式纪录片 jùqíngshìjìlùpiān, jùqíngshìjìlùpiàn, 文獻紀錄片 /文献纪录片 wénxiànjìlùpiān, wénxiànjìlùpiàn
Portuguêsdocudrama
Françaisdocudrame, docufiction, documentaire dramatique
DeutschDokudrama
Italianodocudramma
Ελληνικάδραματοποιημένο ντοκιμαντέρ dramatopoiiméno ntokimantér
Русскийдокумента́льная дра́ма dokumentálʹnaja dráma
العربيةدراما وثائقية
עבריתדוקו־דרמה

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@misc{docudrama_2026,
  title = {docudrama},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/docudrama},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}