Comedy of manners

/kˈɒmədi ɒv mˈanəz/

/kˈɑːmədi ʌv mˈænɚz/

Comedy of manners

a comic play, movie, book, etc. that portrays the behaviors of a particular social class, satirizing them

Examples

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: