"black humor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} black humor (uncountable)
  1. (uncountable) A subgenre of comedy and satire that deals with subjects that are believed to be serious or controversial, such as death, divorce, drug abuse, etc. Wikipedia link: black humor Tags: US, uncountable Categories (topical): Comedy Synonyms: black comedy, black humour Related terms: comedy, gallows humor, humor, tragicomedy Translations (subgenre of comedy): սեւ հումոր (english: sew humor) (Armenian), 黑色幽默 (hēisè yōumò) (Chinese Mandarin), černý humor [masculine] (Czech), sort humor [common-gender] (Danish), musta huumori (Finnish), humour noir [masculine] (French), schwarzer Humor [masculine] (German), μαύρο χιούμορ (mávro chioúmor) [neuter] (Greek), ブラックユーモア (burakkuyūmoa) (Japanese), қара әзіл (qara äzıl) (Kazakh), pukuhohe mōkinokino (Maori), czarny humor [masculine] (Polish), humor negro [masculine] (Portuguese), humor ácido [masculine] (Portuguese), чёрный ю́мор (čórnyj júmor) [masculine] (Russian), humor negro [masculine] (Spanish), svart humor [common-gender] (Swedish)

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