sardonicism

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noun

The quality of being sardonic

“His sardonicism was getting on my nerves.”

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Meanings

nounsardonicism (usually uncountable, plural sardonicisms)

plural sardonicisms

  1. uncountableusuallyThe quality of being sardonic

    His sardonicism was getting on my nerves.

    1 more example

    As I have shown, “bad” affective modes such as humor, irony, sardonicism, self-reflexivity, satire, and irreverence allow them to confront enduring legacies around Native American and African American relationships to the environment, especially racialized environmental affect, and to critique readerly and other public expectations.

    2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 187

Origin

From sardonic + -ism.

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APA

sardonicism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sardonicism

MLA

“sardonicism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sardonicism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sardonicism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sardonicism.

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