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tragicomedy
[ traj-i-kom-i-dee ]
noun
- a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- an incident, or series of incidents, of mixed tragic and comic character.
tragicomedy
/ ˌtrædʒɪˈkɒmɪdɪ /
noun
- a drama in which aspects of both tragedy and comedy are found
- the dramatic genre of works of this kind
- an event or incident having both comic and tragic aspects
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Derived Forms
- ˌtragiˈcomic, adjective
- ˌtragiˈcomically, adverb
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Other Words From
- trag·i·com·ic [traj-i-, kom, -ik], tragi·comi·cal adjective
- tragi·comi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tragicomedy1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tragicomedy1
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Example Sentences
The tragicomedy of U.S. politics is that we really do get the government we deserve.
Canada in the West has all races, and it was consistent of me to give a Chinaman of noble birth a part to play in the tragicomedy.
The distinctions between tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy, and romantic comedy often become barely discernible.
For a time it is mainly confined to romantic comedy, but it soon enters into tragedy and tragicomedy.
At the opening of the theatres, tragedy and tragicomedy took up their courses about where they had left off.
This tragicomedy, as Lamb called it, in two acts, is slighter than "Woodvil" and even less adapted to the stage.
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