noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being sardonic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- His sardonicism was getting on my nerves.
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Antonyms: none provided
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sardonicism
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Etymology tree English sardonic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English sardonicism From sardonic + -ism.