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Humour

Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as "humours" (Latin: humor, "body fluid"), controlled human health and emotion.

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related to Further reading · 141
Humour → Aaron, Abdel-Azim, Abstract, Adams, Alcalá, Alexander, America, American Literature, Amy, An Integrative Approach, Anthropological Research, Antony, Aspects, Audiovisual Media, Bibliography, Billig, Cambridge, Carrell, Central Oklahoma, Chapman
related to China · 27
Humour → Chunyu Kun, Confucian, Confucianist, Confucius, Dongfang Shuo, Early Daoist, Famous Chinese, Feng Menglong, Ge You, Guo Degang, Joke, Lao She, Li Yu, Lin Yutang, Local, Lu Xun, Master, Ming, Neo-Confucian, Qian Zhongshu
related to Psychological well-being · 20
Humour → Adaptive, Affiliative, Aggressive, Each, For, Individuals, It, Not, People, Previous, Racist, Research, Self-defeating, Self-enhancing, So, Some, That, The, They, This
related to In Arabic and Persian culture · 19
Humour → Abu Bischr, After, Al-Farabi, Arabic, Aristotle's Poetics, Averroes, Due, Greek, In, In Islamic, Islamic, Latin, Medieval, Persian Avicenna, Prophet, Quran, Ramadan, The, They
related to Views · 15
Humour → Additionally, Arthur Schopenhauer, Author, Counter, English, French, German, However, Humor, Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff, Some, The, The French, This, White
related to Health · 13
Humour → Ad, Adaptive Humour, Baaren, In, Knippenberg, Madelijn Strick, Radboud University, Rick, Rob Holland, Stronger, Subjects, The, Their
see also · 13
Humour → American, Australian, Conjectures, Deadpan, Distinct, Emotional, Form, GermanyHumour, How, Jewish, Study, Translation, Wit
related to Physical attractiveness · 11
Humour → American, British, However, In, Post-Hoc, Recent, Self-deprecating, Western, When, While, Women
has effect · 10
Humour → Barbara Velker, Cold Press Test, It, Karen Zwyer, State-Trait-Cheerfulness-Inventory, The, To, Trait-Cheerfulness, Trait-Seriousness, Willibald Ruch
related to Ancient Greece · 8
Humour → Aristotle, Greek, Later, Philebus, Plato, Poetics, Socrates, Western

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laughter positive social humor psychological also humorous use negative may sense people emotions study used effects anxiety individuals research ageing

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Humouris acrucial characteristic looked for in a romantic partner0.90text
Humouris aunderlying character trait associated with the positive emotions used in the broaden-and-build theory of cognitive development.Studies0.90text
Tominstance ofyoung children may favour slapstick such as Punch and Judy puppet shows or cartoons0.80text
Jerry or Looney Tunesinstance ofyoung children may favour slapstick such as Punch and Judy puppet shows or cartoons0.80text
whose physical nature makes it accessible to theminstance ofyoung children may favour slapstick such as Punch and Judy puppet shows or cartoons0.80text
satire require an understanding of its social meaninginstance ofmore sophisticated forms of humour0.80text
contextinstance ofmore sophisticated forms of humour0.80text
and thus tend to appeal to a more mature audienceinstance ofmore sophisticated forms of humour0.80text
Abu Bischrinstance ofwhere it was elaborated upon by Arabic writers and Islamic philosophers0.80text
his pupil Al-Farabiinstance ofwhere it was elaborated upon by Arabic writers and Islamic philosophers0.80text
Persian Avicennainstance ofwhere it was elaborated upon by Arabic writers and Islamic philosophers0.80text
and Averroesinstance ofwhere it was elaborated upon by Arabic writers and Islamic philosophers0.80text

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