risibility
noun
ris·i·bil·i·ty
ˌri-zə-ˈbi-lə-tē 
plural risibilities
1
: laughter
2
: the ability or inclination to laugh
—often used in plural
our risibilities support us as we skim over the surface of a deep issue—
J. A. Pike
J. A. PikeExamples of risibility in a Sentence
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Yet a motion that Fox News filed on Friday may outpace all the internal correspondence for sheer risibility.
—Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
Setting aside the thermostat narrative’s innate risibility, it withers when brought within ten yards of the facts.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 18 July 2022
His great talent was to take tiny grains of information in reports and proposals, repackage them as official European policy and present them as part of a broad narrative about Brussels’s risibility.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 30 June 2016
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Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
Setting aside the thermostat narrative’s innate risibility, it withers when brought within ten yards of the facts.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 18 July 2022
His great talent was to take tiny grains of information in reports and proposals, repackage them as official European policy and present them as part of a broad narrative about Brussels’s risibility.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 30 June 2016
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“Risibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risibility. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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