mockery
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery, and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Greek μωκός - mokos, "mocker".
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
mockery (plural mockeries)
- The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
- Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
- (obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
- Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.
- The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.
Usage notes [edit]
- We often use make a mockery of someone or something, meaning to mock them. See also Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:ridicule
