misogelastic
misogelastic adjective: having a hatred of laughter.
Adjective
misogelastic (comparative more misogelastic, superlative most misogelastic)
- Having a hatred of laughter.
- It is but one step from being agelastic to misogelastic, and the μισογέλως, the laughter-hating, soon learns to dignify his dislike as an objection in morality.1877 February 1, George Meredith, “On the Idea of Comedy and of the Uses of the Comic Spirit”, in New Quarterly Magazine, volume VIII, London: Ward, Lock, & Co., page 2
- The many versions of this story during the Middle Ages were probably spread by agelastic or misogelastic members of the clergy.1978, Evan Esar, The Comic Encyclopedia: A Library of the Literature and History of Humor Containing Thousands of Gags, Sayings, and Stories, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page...
Examples of misogelastic in a sentence
- Kinsley has always been given to amusing put-downs—a dispensation allowed him in the misogelastic media because he presents himself as a moralist.1992, R[obert] Emmett Tyrrell Jr., The Conservative Crack-Up, New York, N.Y. […]: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:
- Yet what is the effect on the misogelastic reporter from AmPros?2004 December, “Current Wisdom”, in The American Spectator, volume 37, number 100, Arlington, V.A.: The American Spectator, LLC, →ISSN...
- Misogelastic views are valuable in that they can provide a mirror of contemporary attitudes, reflecting back the positives as negative and vice versa.2005, Michael Billig, “Superiority Theories: Hobbes and Other Misogelasts”, in Laughter and Ridicule: Towards a Social Critique of...
Forms of misogelastic
| comparative | more misogelastic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most misogelastic |
Origin of misogelastic
From miso- (“hatred; dislike; aversion”) + gelastic.
Questions about misogelastic
- What does misogelastic mean?
- Misogelastic means having a hatred of laughter.
- How do you use misogelastic in a sentence?
- Kinsley has always been given to amusing put-downs—a dispensation allowed him in the misogelastic media because he presents himself as a moralist.
- What part of speech is misogelastic?
- Misogelastic is an adjective.
Words near misogelastic in the dictionary
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