"katagelastic" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "* See katagelasticism.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "more katagelastic",
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    {
      "form": "most katagelastic",
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  "hyphenation": [
    "kata‧ge‧las‧tic"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "ref": "2018 October 19, Matt Davis, “Relationship hack: Why class clowns make better partners”, in Neuropsych:",
          "text": "Katagelastic people are, in short, jerks. They enjoy calling people out and mocking others.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Vanja Kljajevic, “Neurology of Humor”, in T. Shackelford, V. Weekes-Shackelford, editors, Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer:",
          "text": "While gelotophobic individuals fear aggressive humor, katagelastic individuals, in contrast, enjoy such humor[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Evelina Kazakevičiūtė, ‘It’s a sad and beautiful world’: The Poststructuralist Conception of Communication and Jim Jarmusch’s Films (PhD thesis), page 147:",
          "text": "His request, however, is followed by a mock-hidden laugh of the manager and then seconds later – the obsequious, toadying laugh of the rest of the employees[…]The laugh also creates a katagelastic atmosphere in the office, uncomfortable for the protagonist.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Showing a predilection for mocking humor, that is, humor at the expense of others."
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          "mocking",
          "mocking"
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          "humor",
          "humor"
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          "expense",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Showing a predilection for mocking humor, that is, humor at the expense of others."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "katagelasticism"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mocking"
        },
        {
          "word": "ridiculing"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkætəd͡ʒəˈlæstɪk/"
    }
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  "word": "katagelastic"
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{
  "etymology_text": "* See katagelasticism.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more katagelastic",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most katagelastic",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "hyphenation": [
    "kata‧ge‧las‧tic"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "katagelasticism"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018 October 19, Matt Davis, “Relationship hack: Why class clowns make better partners”, in Neuropsych:",
          "text": "Katagelastic people are, in short, jerks. They enjoy calling people out and mocking others.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Vanja Kljajevic, “Neurology of Humor”, in T. Shackelford, V. Weekes-Shackelford, editors, Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer:",
          "text": "While gelotophobic individuals fear aggressive humor, katagelastic individuals, in contrast, enjoy such humor[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Evelina Kazakevičiūtė, ‘It’s a sad and beautiful world’: The Poststructuralist Conception of Communication and Jim Jarmusch’s Films (PhD thesis), page 147:",
          "text": "His request, however, is followed by a mock-hidden laugh of the manager and then seconds later – the obsequious, toadying laugh of the rest of the employees[…]The laugh also creates a katagelastic atmosphere in the office, uncomfortable for the protagonist.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Showing a predilection for mocking humor, that is, humor at the expense of others."
      ],
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        ],
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        "(rare) Showing a predilection for mocking humor, that is, humor at the expense of others."
      ],
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        "rare"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˌkætəd͡ʒəˈlæstɪk/"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "mocking"
    },
    {
      "word": "ridiculing"
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  "word": "katagelastic"
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