(sense of humour)

  • 31humour — (US humor) ► NOUN 1) the quality of being amusing or comic. 2) a state of mind: her good humour vanished. 3) (also cardinal humour) historical each of four fluids of the body (blood, phlegm, yellow bile or choler, and black bile or melancholy),… …

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  • 32a sense of humour failure — a situation in which you are unable to see that something is funny …

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  • 33humour — (US humor) noun 1》 the quality of being amusing, especially as expressed in literature or speech.     ↘the ability to appreciate or express humour. 2》 a state of mind: her good humour vanished.     ↘archaic an inclination or whim. 3》 (also… …

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  • 34Sense and Sensibility — Raison et Sentiments Pour les articles homonymes, voir Raison et Sentiments (homonymie). Raison et Sentiments[N 1] …

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  • 35humour — [14] Latin hūmēre meant ‘be moist’ (from it was derived hūmidus, source of English humid [16]). And related to it was the noun hūmor, which signified originally simply ‘liquid’. In due course it came to be applied specifically to any of the four… …

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  • 36humour — [14] Latin hūmēre meant ‘be moist’ (from it was derived hūmidus, source of English humid [16]). And related to it was the noun hūmor, which signified originally simply ‘liquid’. In due course it came to be applied specifically to any of the four… …

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  • 37Humour in Freud — Sigmund Freud established that humor might be related with unconscious content2. In “Jokes and Their Relation to The Unconscious as well as in “Humor” Freud referred to contentious jokes 7. He distinguishes humor in three particular forms: joke,… …

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  • 38German humour — refers collectively to the conventions of comedy and its cultural meaning within the country of Germany. Although comedy is a staple of German culture, with many Germans making light of situations in social conversation, and with a large amount… …

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  • 39Gabrovo humour — The citizens of Gabrovo, Bulgaria are notorious for their unique sense of humour. Their jokes are related to stinginess and rivalry with neighboring city of Sevlievo. During the second half of 20th century jokes have been largely popularized due… …

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  • 40moral sense theory — The view particularly associated with Hutcheson, that we possess a moral sense partially akin to the other senses, that disposes us to the approvals and disapprovals that we feel. The ‘sense’ in question is certainly to be distinguished from any… …

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