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Definition of Sardonicism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sardonicism
Literary usage of Sardonicism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old and New Paris: Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Henry Sutherland Edwards (1893)
"What disturbing fixity, what superhuman sardonicism in these sombre pupils, in
these lips undulating like the bow of Love after he has shot his dart. ..."
2. Representations of Violence: Art about the Sierra Leone Civil War by Patrick K. Muana, Chris Corcoran, Russell D. Feingold (2005)
"Nigerians, with their great sense of sardonicism, use this term to define any
act of corruption. If you were swindled on the price of yams in the ..."
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