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comedy of manners

The definition of a comedy of manners is a funny play or skit that is humorous because it is a satire of the behavior of a particular group.

(noun)

A play that satirizes the pretensions of the upper class to be funny is an example of a comedy of manners.

See comedy of manners in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a type of comedy depicting and satirizing the manners and customs of fashionable society

See comedy of manners in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. comedies of manners

A comedy satirizing the attitudes and behavior of a particular social group, often of fashionable society.

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