jocosity

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Noun
  • What marks a show of his is the combination of jocularity and generosity.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • That sense of jeopardy will always beat The Hundred jocularity every time.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The flippancy with which these characters are made to bite the dust establishes the film’s combustible tone.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
  • We’ve all been cast adrift in the cognitive dissonance between the visceral seriousness of the crime and the abject flippancy of the shooter, the brutality of the shooting and the memes reacting to Kirk’s bigoted views.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Their relationship, tentative, intimate, and defiant, lingers long after the satirical skewering of male buffoonery has faded.
    Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • He’s been tinkering with this messaging on and off since damn near the start of the century, when his criticism of the genre shifted from the power-holding executives (both white and Black) of the music industry who were profiting off buffoonery, a la Bamboozled, to rap music itself.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Only an Aries, like Lily, can take Barney’s jabs in a joking way.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • When Peanut pulled his second escape act, his owners knew where to look and handled Peanut's disappearance in a joking manner.
    Michael Nied, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Birkin projected just this sort of youthful insouciance.
    Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Victoria Mboko is only 18 years old, but presents more insouciance than innocence on the court.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Some parts of your curriculum might invite playfulness and bold new efforts, while others deserve more caution.
    Justin Reich, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The mix also alludes to the sense of playfulness that defines the homeowners’ personalities.
    Jennifer Fernandez, Architectural Digest, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Russell giggled, awed by her fellow-star’s vivacity, her easy embrace of glamour.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Giovanni, for all his vivacity, all his passion, is revealed as the novel’s supreme instance of death-in-life.
    Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Quick-witted, effortlessly funny, DePaul brought a lightheartedness to the table during a particularly dark point in the story.
    Dana Reboe, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Jocosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jocosity. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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