fantasy of manners

noun

A literary work in a fantasy genre that is also a comedy of manners.

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Meanings

nounfantasy of manners (plural fantasies of manners)

plural fantasies of manners

  1. A literary work in a fantasy genre that is also a comedy of manners.

Origin

Modelled on earlier comedy of manners. First used in print by science fiction critic Donald G. Keller in the April 1991 issue of The New York Review of Science Fiction.

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APA

fantasy of manners. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fantasy%20of%20manners

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“fantasy of manners.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fantasy%20of%20manners. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fantasy of manners,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fantasy%20of%20manners.

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