sardonicism

He moves persuasively from a kind of Restoration sardonicism to an obsessive despair.

The Real Thing; The Concise Dictionary of Dress 2010

Cynicism and sardonicism is great if your writing material for the Daily or Colbert Show.

Suggested Push-Back On Lipstick-Gate 2009

Now, just six months in, my friend's sardonicism seems well-judged.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

Now, just six months in, my friend's sardonicism seems well-judged.

Broken Washington? Democrats Should Embrace States' Rights 2009

I always appreciated his appealing mixture of sardonicism and naiveté.

An Althouse blog fund-raiser. Ann Althouse 2009

Now, just six months in, my friend's sardonicism seems well-judged.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

Instead, he was influenced by Turner's tumults, ­Bosch's visions and Daumier's sardonicism.

The Uncommitted Fantasist 2009

Which is why, when Costello announced his new album was entitled “Momofuku,” I immediately hopped onto the handy internet searching engine Google Dot Com to get to figure out what, if anything, this surely inspirational bit of unparalleled, witty sardonicism meant.

Elvis Costello’s Next Album To Viciously Satirize Ramen Noodles | Best Week Ever 2008

And evidently Simon, with no sense of humour cannot understand sardonicism and gave me another infraction.

June 5th, 2007 curufea 2007

Smith, for his part, made reference to Lovecraft's "Kthulhut" and "Yok-Zothoth" with a flippancy that has as much to do with the sardonicism of Bierce as with the lyrical fantasy of Lord Dunsany.

H.P. Lovecraft and 'Tsathoggua' Cisco, Michael 2007