marionette
/,mæriə'net/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A puppet controlled by strings: A marionette is a type of puppet, typically a small figure representing a person or animal, whose limbs and head are moved by strings or wires attached to them and controlled from above by a puppeteer.
Usage
- A marionette is a specific type of puppet distinguished by its string-based control mechanism. It is used in performances, storytelling, and entertainment.
- The word is used to describe the puppet itself, not the performance or the puppeteer.
Examples
- The puppeteer skillfully manipulated the marionette to make it dance and bow.
- In the classic tale, Pinocchio starts as a wooden marionette.
- The intricate marionette show captivated the children with its lifelike movements.
Advanced Usage
- "To be a marionette": Used metaphorically to describe a person who is completely controlled by someone else, like a puppet on strings.
- The corrupt official was merely a marionette for the powerful crime syndicate.
- Marionette theater: Refers to the art form or a performance using marionettes.
- She dedicated her life to the art of marionette theater.
Variants and Related Words
- Puppet (n): A more general term for a movable model of a person or animal, often used as a toy or in a performance. A marionette is a specific type of puppet.
- Puppeteer (n): The person who operates a puppet or marionette.
- String puppet (n): Another term for a marionette, emphasizing its control method.
Synonyms
- String puppet
- Puppet (in the specific context of being controlled by strings from above)
Antonyms
- Hand puppet (a puppet controlled by a hand inside it)
- Live actor (a performer who is not a puppet)
Related Phrases
- Marionette strings: Literally refers to the strings controlling the puppet. Figuratively, it can refer to the means of control over a person.
- He felt the marionette strings of corporate policy dictating his every move.
- To pull the strings: An idiom meaning to control events or people, often secretly. This idiom is conceptually related to the operation of a marionette.
- It was clear who was pulling the strings behind the political campaign.
Noun
- a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer