sardonicism

English

From sardonic +‎ -ism.

sardonicism (usually uncountable, plural sardonicisms)

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.