katagelasticism

English

Etymology

Coined by Willibald Ruch and René T. Proyer, assisted by Christian F. Hempelmann and Sean Harrigan, from Ancient Greek καταγελαστής (katagelastḗs, “mocker”), from καταγελάω (katageláō, “to laugh at, jeer at, laugh down”), from κατά (katá, “downwards”) + γελάω (geláō, “to laugh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkætəd͡ʒəˈlæstɪsɪzm̩/
• Hyphenation: kata‧ge‧las‧ti‧cism

Noun

katagelasticism (uncountable)

1. Obtaining pleasure from laughing at or mocking others.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:katagelasticism.

Related terms

• katagelastic
• katagelasticist
• katagelast
• agelastic
• gelastic
• hypergelast

Further reading

• katagelasticism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia