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comedy of manners

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comedy of manners

–noun
a comedy satirizing the manners and customs of a social class, esp. one dealing with the amorous intrigues of fashionable society.

Origin:
1815–25
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comedy of manners  
n.   pl. comedies of manners
A comedy satirizing the attitudes and behavior of a particular social group, often of fashionable society.
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