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SUBSANNATION — [Noun] The act of derisive mockery conveyed through covert gestures, facial expressions, or mimicry. From the Latin subsannation-, subsannatio, from subsannare ("to deride by mimicking gestures"), from sub- ("under, secretly") and sannire ("to show the teeth, to sneer"). Unlike sarcasm, which wields the polished blade of ironic speech, or ridicule, which denotes a broader, more open scorn, subsannation is mockery rendered in sneering pantomime—a silent, gutting theatre of contempt. It is the covert eye-roll between colleagues, the exaggerated imitation of a rival's gait, the curled lip that mimes another's passion into absurdity. It is scorn that has chosen the eloquent, wordless grammar of the body.