parody
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin parōdia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (parōidía, “parody”), from παρά (pará, “besides”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹədi/, /ˈpɛɹədi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹədi/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Hyphenation: par‧o‧dy
Noun[edit]
parody (countable and uncountable, plural parodies)
- A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 20, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:
- The lively parody which he wrote […] was received with great applause.
- (countable, archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
Usage notes[edit]
Not to be confused with parity.
Translations[edit]
expression making fun of something else
|
|
Verb[edit]
parody (third-person singular simple present parodies, present participle parodying, simple past and past participle parodied)
- To make a parody of something.
- The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.
Translations[edit]
to make a parody of something
|
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- parody in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- parody in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- parody at OneLook Dictionary Search
Usage notes[edit]
Often confused with satire, which agitates for social change using humor.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English terms with archaic senses
- English verbs
- en:Comedy
- en:Freedom of speech