gelotology

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌd͡ʒɛləˈtɒləd͡ʒi/    美 /ˌd͡ʒɛləˈtɑləd͡ʒi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The study of humour and laughter, and its effects on the body. uncountable
    — Let's not develop a cult of laughology (though the study of laughter in medicine has already been christened gelotology from the Greek root meaning "laughter.") Humor is an important and documented adjunct in the life of both the well and the unwell, but as a therapy it rarely can stand alone.

词源

From Ancient Greek γέλωτος (gélōtos) (the genitive of γέλως (gélōs, “laughter”)) + English -logy (suffix denoting the study of a particular subject), coined by the anthropologist and linguist Edith Trager with participation from the American psychiatrist William F. Fry, Jr. (1924–2014) in March 1964.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary