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tragi·com·ic
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Princeton's WordNet
tragicomicadjective
of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy
"a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama"
tragicomic, tragicomicaladjective
manifesting both tragic and comic aspects
"the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments"- B.R.Redman
tragicomic, tragicomicaladjective
having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics
"her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure"--Joseph Conrad
Wiktionary
tragicomicadjective
Of, pertaining to, or resembling tragicomedy in having both tragic and comic aspects.
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tragicomic
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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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tragicomic in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tragicomic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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