gelotophobia en · NOUN
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γέλως (gélōs, “laughter”) + -phobia.
Meanings
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(uncountable) An abnormal and persistent fear of being laughed at.
Titze sees Gelotophobia as a clinical category, […]
2008, Victor Raskin, The primer of humor research, page 54:Studies of gelotophobia. It turns out that gelotophobes have difficulty distinguishing between situations in which they are the butts of gentle mockery and those in which […]
2011, Ted Gournelos, Viveca Greene, A Decade of Dark Humor, page 222:[…] associated with higher gelotophobia mean scores.
2011, Luciano L'Abate, Hurt Feelings: Theory, Research, and Applications, page 68: