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Mockery
//ˈmɑkəɹi// noun
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Noun
- 1 The action of mocking; ridicule, derision. countable, uncountable
- 2 humorous or satirical mimicry wordnet
- 3 Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock. countable, uncountable
- 4 showing your contempt by derision wordnet
- 5 Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc. countable, obsolete, uncountable
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- 6 a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way wordnet
- 7 Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum. countable, uncountable
"The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice."
Etymology
From Middle English mokkery, from Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Byzantine Greek μωκός (mōkós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic مَكْر (makr, “scheme, plot”). Equivalent to mock + -ery.
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