Term: method acting: an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed
Candidate hypernym: acting: the performance of a part or role in a drama → 1
Candidate hypernym: birthright: personal characteristics that are inherited at birth → 0
Candidate hypernym: department of labor: the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 → 0
Candidate hypernym: rubus: large genus of brambles bearing berries → 0
Candidate hypernym: cloche: a woman's close-fitting hat that resembles a helmet → 0
Candidate hypernym: madrigal: an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form → 0
Candidate hypernym: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide: a coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid; serves as a reductant in various metabolic processes → 0
Candidate hypernym: mummery: meaningless ceremonies and flattery → 0
Candidate hypernym: mountain paca: rodent of mountains of western South America → 0
Candidate hypernym: moderationism: the policy of being moderate or acting with moderation → 0
Candidate hypernym: purity: being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material → 0