Definitions for tragicomedy
ˌtrædʒ ɪˈkɒm ɪ ditragi·com·e·dy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. tragicomedynoun

   a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating

2. seriocomedy, tragicomedynoun

   a comedy with serious elements or overtones

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1. tragicomedynoun

   A drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tragicomedynoun

   A drama compounded of merry and serious events.

   Etymology: tragicomedie, Fr. from tragedy and comedy.

   On the world’s stage, when our applause grows high,
   For acting here life’s tragi-comedy,
   The lookers-on will say we act not well,
   Unless the last the former scenes excel. John Denham.

   The faults of that drama are in the kind of it, which is tragi-comedy; but it was given to the people. Dryden.

   We have often had tragi-comedies upon the English theatre with success: but in that sort of composition the tragedy and comedy are in distinct scenes. John Gay.

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1. Tragicomedy

   Tragicomedy is a literary genre that blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms. Most often seen in dramatic literature, the term can describe either a tragic play which contains enough comic elements to lighten the overall mood or a serious play with a happy ending. Tragicomedy, as its name implies, invokes the intended response of both the tragedy and the comedy in the audience, the former being a genre based on human suffering that invokes an accompanying catharsis and the latter being a genre intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter.

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1. Tragicomedy

   Tragicomedy is a literary genre that blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms. Most often seen in dramatic literature, the term can variously describe either a tragic play which contains enough comic elements to lighten the overall mood or, often, a serious play with a happy ending.

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1. • Tragedy

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1. comitragedy

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tragicomedy in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tragicomedy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of tragicomedy in a Sentence

1. Henry Nguyen:

   It forced people who share common values and culture to pick sides, it's kind of like a tragicomedy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tragicomedy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tragicomedy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=tragicomedy
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragicomedy
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tragicomedy