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gelotophobes

gelotophobes is the plural of gelotophobe.

Meaning of gelotophobe

Noun

gelotophobe (plural gelotophobes)

  1. A person who experiences gelotophobia, one who fears being laughed at.
    • Indeed, the 14 countries (with altogether 3526 participants) studied yielded a noticeable number of gelotophobes. […] Studies showed that gelotophobes misperceive auditorily presented laughter of a positive quality, and consider it […]2008, Victor Raskin, The primer of humor research

Questions about gelotophobes

What is gelotophobes the plural of?
Gelotophobes is the plural of gelotophobe.

Words near gelotophobes in the dictionary

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

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