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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