Kabuki

Word KABUKI
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Definitions and meanings of "Kabuki"

What do we mean by kabuki?

(often capitalized) A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.

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The word "kabuki" in example sentences

Vogel deserves a medal for writing two pages on this without one use of the word "kabuki." ❋ Eliot Nelson (2011)

I agree with the theories that it would make a lot of sense if this was all kabuki from the start. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Of course not, well maybe to the point of engaging in kabuki theater to convince the gullible Democrats that Alito and Roberts were just umpires and not activists from the bench … ❋ Unknown (2010)

I mean this looks like -- I use the expression kabuki dance, to talk about rather well-orchestrated nonsense, but is this just another kabuki dance brought to you courtesy of the Bush administration? ❋ Unknown (2008)

In American politics this protest is the type of thing that is sometimes called a kabuki dance, a show of passion and interest that everyone knows is staged and that nobody, even those claiming to be outraged, takes seriously. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I guess in kabuki there’s often an inaka girl and a machi, or city, girl. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Since the word kabuki is believed to derive from the verb kabuku, meaning "to lean" or "to be out of the ordinary", kabuki can be interpreted as "avant-garde" or "bizarre" theatre. [ ❋ National Review. (2009)

"The confirmation process has been called a kabuki dance as opposed to being a real look at the nominee," said Kinports, who clerked on the Supreme Court. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We spent most of our days — and nights — performing a kind of kabuki, pretending to do work for bosses who must have known that they had no work for us to do. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Outside the Senate chamber, Mr. Steinberg shook his head when asked about Schwarzenegger's "kabuki" comment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

By my count, Dodd's done several concrete things that go infinitely beyond bitching about 'kabuki' and sneering about a guy who is actually doing something you seem to support. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Bizarre Dance The negotiations have turned into a bizarre "kabuki" dance, said one person familiar with the situation. ❋ Matthew Karnitschnig, Heidi N. Moore (2008)

I've seen the word "kabuki" everywhere, but when I saw it in Japanese, I didn't recognize it: 歌舞伎 ❋ Mj (2008)

The major linguistic difference I notice in English political usage is that 'kabuki' is often followed by 'theatre', 'dance', or the like. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Now some people are saying it's ridiculous for Congress to participate in some kind of kabuki theater where they're trying to deflect attention from their own culpability in this problem by now coming back and saying, ❋ Unknown (2009)

Instead, we see their minions in a kind of kabuki ritual, going through the motions, the conclusion predetermined. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The royal couple watched demonstrations of a robot developed by graduate students there and cultural performances such as kabuki and kendo, as well as chatting with students. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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