e/Singerie

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has gloss	eng: Singerie is the French word for "Monkey Trick". It is a genre depicting monkeys apeing human behavior, often fashionably attired, intended as a diverting sight, always with a gentle cast of mild satire. "Pre-Darwinian theories were made visible over several centuries in singerie paintings, anthropomorphic images of monkeys, suggesting a common hereditary link;" and the "chimpanzee tea party" with dressed-up chimps was a popular feature even at progressive zoos into the 1950s. Singeries were popular among French artists in the early 18th century, though the term is most usually reserved for a type of decorative painting associated with French Rococo, singeries are an old idea: C. Alfred detected a love of singerie that he found characteristic of the late Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
lexicalization	eng: Singerie
instance of	(noun) any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians) monkey

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