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noun
A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, often, uncountable
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noun
A stylized, pretentious, and often hollow performance; (especially) political posturing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, broadly, figuratively, uncountable
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of kabuki.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
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History
Borrowed from Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki).
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
