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TRAGICOMEDY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A comedy with serious elements or overtones
Synonyms:
seriocomedy; tragicomedy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tragicomedy" is a kind of...):
comedy (light and humorous drama with a happy ending)
Derivation:
tragicomical (having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics)
tragicomical (manifesting both tragic and comic aspects)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tragicomedy" is a kind of...):
tragedy (drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity)
Derivation:
tragicomic (of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy)
tragicomical (having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics)
tragicomical (manifesting both tragic and comic aspects)
