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English
Etymology
anti- + play
Noun
antiplay (plural antiplays)
- (dramaturgy) A play (dramatical production) that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the play, such as a coherent plot and resolution.
- Samuel Beckett wrote several absurdist antiplays.
Translations
a play that deliberately avoids the typical conventions
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