mockery
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/ˈmɒkəɹi/
(UK)
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/ˈmɒkəɹi/ (UK) · /ˈmɑkəɹi/ (US)
Definition of mockery
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
- (countable, uncountable)Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
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(countable, uncountable)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.”
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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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