Usually means: Satire targeting social norms, behaviors.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word comedy of manners:

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  1. comedy of manners: Merriam-Webster
  2. comedy of manners: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. comedy of manners: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. comedy of manners: Collins English Dictionary
  5. comedy of manners: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. comedy of manners: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. comedy of manners: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. comedy of manners: Dictionary.com
  9. Comedy of manners: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. comedy of manners: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. comedy of manners: Wiktionary
  12. comedy of manners: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. comedy of manners: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (comedy of manners)

▸ noun:  A comic work that satirizes the manners and affectations of a social class, often represented by stock characters.

Similar:
fantasy of manners, comedy, sentimental comedy, comicry, comic relief, comicality, citicism, vers de societe, humorism, comedy gold, more...

Opposite:
tragedy, drama, farce

Types:
farce, comedy of errors, comedy of humors, comedy of mania, more...

Adjectives:
comic, stand-up, cosy, vaudevillian, one, harlequin, antique, thalian, funny, sketch, mimic

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Similar:
fantasy of manners, comedy, sentimental comedy, comicry, comic relief, comicality, citicism, vers de societe, humorism, comedy gold, more...

Opposite:
tragedy, drama, farce

Types:
farce, comedy of errors, comedy of humors, comedy of mania, more...

Adjectives:
comic, stand-up, cosy, vaudevillian, one, harlequin, antique, thalian, funny, sketch, mimic



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