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Comedy of manners
/kˈɒmədi ɒv mˈanəz/
/kˈɑːmədi ʌv mˈænɚz/
Comedy of manners
[SOSTANTIVO]1
commedia delle maniere
a comic play, movie, book, etc. that portrays the behaviors of a particular social class, satirizing them
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1. Scholars have divided Molière’s comedies into comedies of manners, character, and farces.
2. It's a comedy of manners and scandal that hits with weightless impact, never really justifying its own existence.
3. I write novels, the kind that are sometimes called comedies of manners.
4. As did Richard Brinsley Sherida (1751-1816) in his comedy of manners The Rivals:
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