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anti-humour

anti-humour noun: a form of humour that subverts expectations, often by being deliberately unfunny or surreal.

Noun

anti-humour (uncountable)

  1. A form of humour that subverts expectations, often by being deliberately unfunny or surreal.

Origin of anti-humour

From anti- + humour.

Questions about anti-humour

What does anti-humour mean?
Anti-humour means a form of humour that subverts expectations, often by being deliberately unfunny or surreal.
What part of speech is anti-humour?
Anti-humour is a noun.

Words near anti-humour in the dictionary

  1. anti-homophobes
  2. anti-homosexualism
  3. anti-human
  4. anti-humanism
  5. anti-humans
  6. anti-humour
  7. anti-hunger
  8. anti-hæmorrhagic
  9. anti-ice
  10. anti-icer
  11. anti-icers

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