noun
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a literary composition that tells a story, usu. of human conflict, by means of dialogue and action, to be performed by actors; a play; a drama.
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the art of dramatic presentation.
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a man, who acts in plays; an actor.
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a male dancer.
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(fig.) a pretending to be what one is not or to feel what one does not feel for purpose of cheating others; sham; pretension; hypocrisy.
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a person who pretends to be what he or she is not; a man or woman with deceptive appearance or hypocritical action; an hypocrite; a sham.
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ನಾಟಕ ಆಡು nāṭaka māḍu to exhibit a drama on a stage; to stage a play; 2. to pretend; to make believe; to put forth pretexts to hide one's defects or to get undue gains.