humorous context

3.5

A situation where people try to be funny, for example when they tell jokes

noun
/ˈhjuːmərəs ˈkɒntɛkst/

: contexto humorístico

The movie's humorous context made serious topics much easier to discuss and understand.

Examples

The humorous context of verbally aggressive sitcoms may decrease the aggression-related effects associated with it, while the context of other genres may increase the effects of exposure to verbally aggressive television.

Academic text (2004)
Implications of these results for theory and research concerning the effects of exposure to aggression in a humorous context are discussed.

Academic text (2004)
The comedian thrived in a humorous context, making the audience laugh with every joke.
In a humorous context, the absurd situation led to uncontrollable laughter among the friends.

Synonyms

funny moment

vshumorous context

6 1.0

A short time when something makes people laugh

is used when the setting is meant to be deliberately amusing

laugh a minute

vshumorous context

Informal

1 4.9

A very funny person or event that makes you laugh a lot

is used when the situation is meant to be amusing but not continuously so

How Humorous

humorous context

3.5

light-hearted way

3.3

Surface Forms

humorous context singular

humorous contexts plural

Morphology

humorous + context

The meaning 'a situation intended to be funny' is directly and compositionally derived from 'humorous' (characterized by humor) + 'context' (situation or setting). This regular adjective+noun combination follows common compositional patterns found across languages and will be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

Humorous context gives a simple picture: humorous means 'funny' and context means the situation or setting, like a comedy stage or friends telling jokes. So, if something is used in a humorous context, it is meant as a joke or to be 'funny' rather than to be serious or to 'offend'.