laughter

Summary

laughter is a facial expression^[1]. laughter draws 999 Wikipedia views per month (facial_expression category, ranking #2 of 9).^[2]

Key Facts

• laughter's instance of is recorded as facial expression^[3].
• laughter is a type of smiling or laughing^[4].
• laughter is a type of animal vocalization^[5].
• laughter's Commons category is recorded as Laughing^[6].
• laughter is the opposite of crying^[7].
• laughter's Unicode character is recorded as 😀^[8].
• laughter's has cause is recorded as amusement^[9].
• laughter's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Laughter^[10].
• laughter's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[11].
• laughter's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[12].
• laughter's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• laughter's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• laughter's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• laughter's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[16].
• laughter's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[17].
• laughter's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[18].
• laughter's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• laughter's different from is recorded as Tawa^[20].
• laughter's different from is recorded as Risa^[21].
• laughter's different from is recorded as humour^[22].
• laughter's hashtag is recorded as hahah^[23].

Body

Definition and Type

laughter's instance of is recorded as facial expression^[3]. Recorded subclass of include smiling or laughing^[4] and animal vocalization^[5]. laughter is the opposite of crying^[7].

Influence

Things named for laughter include World Laughter Day^[24], a world day^[25], founded in 1998^[26]; Aha ha^[27], a taxon^[28]; and Naked and Funny^[29], a television series^[30].

Why It Matters

laughter draws 999 Wikipedia views per month (facial_expression category, ranking #2 of 9).^[2] laughter has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] laughter is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for laughter include World Laughter Day^[24], a world day^[25], founded in 1998^[26]; Aha ha^[27], a taxon^[28]; and Naked and Funny^[29], a television series^[30].