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katagelasts

katagelasts is the plural of katagelast.

Meaning of katagelast

Noun

katagelast (plural katagelasts)

  1. One who engages in katagelasticism.
    • A characteristic caption for a katagelast was: “Does this mean that you were not talking about your bed when you said: ‘too tiny/small’?” This statement apparently refers to the size of the man’s genitals. The caption produced by a high scorer in gelotophilia for the same cartoon was: “I can’t be...2009, Willibald Ruch et al., “Investigating the humor of gelotophobes: Does feeling ridiculous equal being humorless?”, in Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, volume 22, numbers 1-2
    Synonyms:
    ridiculer

Questions about katagelasts

What is katagelasts the plural of?
Katagelasts is the plural of katagelast.

Words near katagelasts in the dictionary

  1. katagelast
  2. katagelastic
  3. katagelasticism
  4. katagelasticist
  5. katagelasticists
  6. katagelasts
  7. katagelophobia
  8. katagenesis
  9. katagenetic
  10. Katagiri
  11. katah

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