postdramatic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pós

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *pósti

Proto-Italic *posti

Old Latin poste

Latin post

English post-

Ancient Greek δράω (dráō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *-mə

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós)

Ancient Greek δρᾱμᾰτῐκός (drāmătĭkós)bor.

Latin drāmaticuslbor.

English dramatic

English postdramatic

From post- +‎ dramatic. The notion was established by German theatre researcher Hans-Thies Lehmann in his book Postdramatic Theatre.

Adjective

postdramatic (not comparable)

1. Being or relating to an avant-garde form of theatre since the end of the 1960s, which strives to produce an effect amongst the spectators rather than to remain true to a text.