sentimental comedy

noun

An 18th-century dramatic genre in which middle-class protagonists triumphantly overcome a series of moral trials.

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Meanings

nounsentimental comedy (countable and uncountable, plural sentimental comedies)

plural sentimental comedies

  1. uncountableAn 18th-century dramatic genre in which middle-class protagonists triumphantly overcome a series of moral trials.
  2. countableA work in this genre.
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APA

sentimental comedy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sentimental%20comedy

MLA

“sentimental comedy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sentimental%20comedy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sentimental comedy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sentimental%20comedy.

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