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comedy of manners

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comedy of manners
n. pl. comedies of manners
A comedy satirizing the attitudes and behavior of a particular social group, often of fashionable society.
comedy of manners
n
1. (Performing Arts / Theatre) a comedy dealing with the way of life and foibles of a social group
2. (Performing Arts / Theatre) the genre represented by works of this type
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