Word: sardonicism
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It was with the greatest enjoyment that I read, in TIME, Sept. 22, the letter on "Vicarious Victory" [suggesting by sardonic implication that the U.S. was not taking an active enough part in the war] from Glenn E. Hoover of Mills College. Ten years ago, when I was a student...
The play is typically Shavian, marked by his brilliant dialogue, his sardonic philosophy, and a unique ending. The cast is excellent, and only a great actress like Katharine Cornell could outshine it. Even though her role is small, she carries the burden of the play, while Shaw laughs gaily at...
When New York's Park Commissioner Robert Moses decided that the Aquarium must go, protests poured in. But sardonic Bob Moses is not easily swayed. Said he: "There is no resemblance between the removal of the Aquarium and the scuttling of Old Ironsides. ... In the new plan for Battery...
The agents had reason to be nervous. For some two years the FBI had been working on this case; in three more days it would be ready to round up 33 individuals for its biggest spy trial so far. The tenant of that next office was glum-looking William Sebold...
Sardonic, sophisticated, ably plotted.