sardonicism

English

Etymology

From sardonic +‎ -ism.

Noun

sardonicism (usually uncountable, plural sardonicisms)

1. The quality of being sardonic

   His sardonicism was getting on my nerves.

   • 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 187:

     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.

Related terms

• sardonic
• sardonically