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'Collaborator' is a hostage tragicomedy, but it's also, kind of, everything I know about post-war America. Well, not everything, but it does reference a lot of the post-war period.
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Meaning of "tragicomedy" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TRAGICOMEDY

From French, ultimately from Late Latin tragicōmoedia.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TRAGICOMEDY

tragicomedy  [ˌtrædʒɪˈkɒmɪdɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRAGICOMEDY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tragicomedy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TRAGICOMEDY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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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.

Definition of tragicomedy in the English dictionary

The first definition of tragicomedy in the dictionary is a drama in which aspects of both tragedy and comedy are found. Other definition of tragicomedy is the dramatic genre of works of this kind. Tragicomedy is also an event or incident having both comic and tragic aspects.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TRAGICOMEDY


Adie
ˈeɪdɪ
cedi
ˈseɪdɪ
comedy
ˈkɒmɪdɪ
diddy
ˈdɪdɪ
dramedy
ˈdrɑːmɪdɪ
Friday
ˈfraɪdɪ
giddy
ˈɡɪdɪ
Kennedy
ˈkɛnɪdɪ
kiddie
ˈkɪdɪ
kiddy
ˈkɪdɪ
lady
ˈleɪdɪ
middie
ˈmɪdɪ
middy
ˈmɪdɪ
midi
ˈmɪdɪ
remedy
ˈrɛmɪdɪ
shady
ˈʃeɪdɪ
subsidy
ˈsʌbsɪdɪ
tidy
ˈtaɪdɪ
tragedy
ˈtrædʒɪdɪ
vide
ˈvaɪdɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRAGICOMEDY

tragedian
tragedienne
tragedies
tragedy
tragelaph
tragelaphine
tragi
tragi-comic
tragic
tragic flaw
tragic irony
tragical
tragically
tragicalness
tragicomical
tragicomically
tragopan
tragule
traguline
tragus

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRAGICOMEDY

alternative comedy
Bach flower remedy
black comedy
character comedy
golden remedy
herbal remedy
high comedy
light comedy
low comedy
musical comedy
Restoration comedy
romantic comedy
situation comedy

Synonyms and antonyms of tragicomedy in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «tragicomedy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRAGICOMEDY

Find out the translation of tragicomedy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tragicomedy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tragicomedy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

悲喜剧
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tragicomedia
570 millions of speakers

English

tragicomedy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ट्रेजीकामेडी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التراجيدية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трагикомедия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tragicomédia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দু: খপূর্ণ কিন্তু মিলনান্তক নাটক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tragi-comédie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tragikomedy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tragikomödie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

悲喜劇
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

희비극
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tragikomedy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bi hài kịck
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சோகநகைச்சுவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ट्रेजीकोमेडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

trajikomedi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tragicommedia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tragikomedia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

трагікомедія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tragicomedie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κωμικοτραγική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tragikomedie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tragicomedy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tragikomedie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tragicomedy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRAGICOMEDY»

The term «tragicomedy» is regularly used and occupies the 70.783 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRAGICOMEDY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tragicomedy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tragicomedy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tragicomedy

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QUOTES WITH «TRAGICOMEDY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tragicomedy.
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Martin Donovan
'Collaborator' is a hostage tragicomedy, but it's also, kind of, everything I know about post-war America. Well, not everything, but it does reference a lot of the post-war period.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRAGICOMEDY»

Discover the use of tragicomedy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tragicomedy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Early Modern Tragicomedy
Fresh explorations of the tragicomic drama, setting the familiar plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries alongside Irish and European drama.
Subha Mukherji, Raphael Lyne, 2007
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The name and nature of tragicomedy
The final section of the book focuses on modern tragicomedies by Ibsen, Chekhov, Synge, O'Casey, Williams, Ionesco, Beckett and Pinter.By exploring dramaturgical similarities between early modern and modern tragicomedies, Foster ...
Verna A. Foster, 2004
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Regicide and Restoration: English Tragicomedy, 1660-1671
Focusing on the directions taken by tragicomedy and the court masque, this book accounts for the shift in genre during the decade following the return of Charles II.
Nancy Klein Maguire, 1992
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Tragicomedy and Novelistic Discourse in Celestina
An investigation by Dorothy Sherman Severin of the importance of Rojas' Celestina as a precursor to the modern novel.
Dorothy Sherman Severin, 1989
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The Tragicomedy of Public Education
A no-holds-barred look at public education, special and general, that will shake up your notions of education in America and give you new insights on badly needed improvements.
James M. Kauffman, 2011
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Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
As Clive Barnes wrote, "Time catches up with genius ... "Waiting for Godot" is one of the masterpieces of the century." The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone--or something--named Godot.
Samuel Beckett, 2011
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Dictionary of the Theatre: Terms, Concepts, and Analysis
TRAGICOMEDY Fr.: tragi-comedie;GeT.: Tragikomodie; Sp.: tragico- media. Play with both tragic and comic elements. The term tragico-comoedia was first used by PLAUTUS in his prologue to Amphytruo. Tragicomedy is defined in theatre ...
Patrice Pavis, 1998
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The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama
TRAGICOMEDY 1371 Shelley's death by burning in CAMINO REAL (1953), except for Shelley's heart, which remained miraculously unscorched. The mechanics of forging passionate monologues and soliloquies have picked up many ...
Gabrielle H. Cody, Evert Sprinchorn, 2007
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The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre
Clearly, Grimald's comments, Guarini's definition, and Fletcher's practice do not limit tragicomedy to tragedy with a happy ending - but rather, in tragicomedy, "sad and cheerful incidents are inserted in turn." The frontispiece to Ben Jonson's ...
Deborah Payne Fisk, 2000
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山海经传: A Tragicomedy of the Gods in Three Acts
Based on the ancient text The Classic of Mountains and Seas, the play re-enacts the classical world of Chinese mythology, traversing the creation of humans to the beginning of Chinese dynastic history.
高行健, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRAGICOMEDY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tragicomedy is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Tragicomedy Performed at the Greek Parliament
The script of the tragicomedy came from “Propaganda for Dummies.” Words and phrases like blackmail, death of society, terrorism, total government destruction, ... «Greek Reporter, Jul 15»
2
As I See It: The deadly tragicomedy at the UNHRC
When the UN Human Rights Council voted last week to back the report by Mary McGowan Davis on the 2014 Gaza war, the behavior of two council members in ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
3
The Tragicomedy Called Trump
Listen to Slate's show about the Supreme Court's historic term, the Greek debt crisis, and the tragicomedy called Trump. By Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
4
A Greek tragicomedy
In every market it's a case of Greece is the word. Australians must be asking how a western country, this cradle of democracy, could come to all this? How it is ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
5
'Me And Earl And The Dying Girl' Is Teen Tragicomedy
'Me And Earl And The Dying Girl' Is Teen Tragicomedy. By Jeff Meyers. click to enlarge High schoolers Greg (Thomas Mann) and Rachel (Olivia Cooke) grapple ... «San Antonio Current, Jun 15»
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The Shadow of a Gunman review – reinvigorates O'Casey's …
In this co-production with Belfast's Lyric theatre, director Wayne Jordan reinvigorates its tragicomedy, stripping it back to expose the questions it poses about the ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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America's Iraq strategy is a trillion-dollar tragicomedy
There is a peculiar form of insanity in which a veneer of rationality distracts attention from the madness lurking just beneath the surface. When Alice dove down ... «Salon, Jun 15»
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Greek Tragicomedy Continues: Tsipras Delusional
Trying to follow the machinations of Greek creditors and the Greek government over the past week was like being caught in the spin cycle of a washer; everyone ... «PJ Media, Jun 15»
9
Ukraine's Tragicomedy
In Ukraine, where tragedy and comedy are inextricably linked, there's never a dull moment: the latest tragicomedy is the news that Poroshenko has appointed ... «Antiwar.com, Jun 15»
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Tragicomedy of Nkandla laid bare in Parliament
Tragicomedy of Nkandla laid bare in Parliament. by Natasha Marrian, 2015-05-29 06:30:02.0. Natasha Marrian. Tragicomedy of Nkandla laid bare in Parliament. «BDlive, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Tragicomedy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tragicomedy>. Apr 2024 ».
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