Meaning of misogelastic | Babel Free

Definitions

Having a hatred of laughter.

literary, rare

Examples

“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.”

“The many versions of this story during the Middle Ages were probably spread by agelastic or misogelastic members of the clergy.”

“Kinsley has always been given to amusing put-downs—a dispensation allowed him in the misogelastic media because he presents himself as a moralist.”

“Affected by widespread misogelastic tendencies among arbiters of film culture, animation was relegated to reaches of a cultural limbo even beyond those occupied by other film forms with a touch of levity, such as the musical or comedy.”

“Our suave President sallies forth with another joyously self-effacing witticism, putting Americans everywhere in mind of Bob Hope at his best or Jay Leno. Yet what is the effect on the misogelastic reporter from AmPros?”

“Misogelastic views are valuable in that they can provide a mirror of contemporary attitudes, reflecting back the positives as negative and vice versa.”

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