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gelotophiles

gelotophiles is the plural of gelotophile.

Meaning of gelotophile

Noun

gelotophile (plural gelotophiles)

  1. (uncommon) A person who actively seeks and establishes situations in which others may laugh at them.
    • “[G]elotophobia is […] the dread of being laughed at at. That makes sense to me. Who likes being laughed at? Turns out a gelatophile does.”2011, Robert Mankoff, “Fear of Laughter”, in The New Yorker
    Synonyms:
    ridicule

Questions about gelotophiles

What is gelotophiles the plural of?
Gelotophiles is the plural of gelotophile.

Words near gelotophiles in the dictionary

  1. gelotological
  2. gelotologist
  3. gelotologists
  4. gelotology
  5. gelotophile
  6. gelotophiles
  7. gelotophobe
  8. gelotophobes
  9. gelotophobia
  10. gelotophobic
  11. gelotophobics

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