Cloture is a means of terminating a filibuster, which is a prolonged speech on the floor of the Senate designed to forestall legislative action.
Melodrama is: âa dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.â (Dictionary.com) Drama is: âany situation or series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, or striking interest or results.â (Dictionary.com)
Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 5 votes)Rate this definition: 1  play, drama, dramatic play(noun) a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage. 2  drama, dramatic event(noun) an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional. 3  drama(noun) the literary genre of works intended for the theater.