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Princeton's WordNet

  1. humor, humour, sense of humor, sense of humournoun

    the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous

    "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"

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  1. sense of humor

    Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as humours (Latin: humorcode: lat promoted to code: la , "body fluid"), controlled human health and emotion. People of all ages and cultures respond to humour. Most people are able to experience humour—be amused, smile or laugh at something funny (such as a pun or joke)—and thus are considered to have a sense of humour. The hypothetical person lacking a sense of humour would likely find the behaviour to be inexplicable, strange, or even irrational. Though ultimately decided by personal taste, the extent to which a person finds something humorous depends on a host of variables, including geographical location, culture, maturity, level of education, intelligence and context. For example, young children may favour slapstick such as Punch and Judy puppet shows or the Tom and Jerry cartoons, whose physical nature makes it accessible to them. By contrast, more sophisticated forms of humour such as satire require an understanding of its social meaning and context, and thus tend to appeal to a more mature audience.

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  1. sense of humor

    A sense of humor is the capacity to perceive, appreciate or express what is amusing or comical, often eliciting laughter or amusement. It's a personal quality that enables an individual to find certain situations or aspects of life funny, entertaining or amusing. Sense of humor can vary widely among individuals and cultures, and what one person finds funny, another might not.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sense of humor in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sense of humor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of sense of humor in a Sentence

  1. Vern Buchanan:

    Gary was the consummate professional and a true public servant in every sense of the word, he touched so many lives and was loved and respected by those who knew him. I will never forget his uplifting spirit, sense of humor and sheer joy at helping others.

  2. Clive Jones:

    Common sense and sense of humor are the same thing moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

  3. American Greetings Card:

    Sometimes the only sense we can make out of life is a sense of humor.

  4. Erik Kwakkel:

    It's amazing to think that people doodled in medieval times in a similar way to how they doodle today, when you see the monks expressing their personalities, their sense of humor, it makes you feel like you're traveling back through time. It's like you're going through the keyhole and sitting right next to them.

  5. Sinclair Lewis:

    There are two insults no human being will endure that he has no sense of humor, and that the has never known trouble.


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