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NOUN (3)

1. showing your contempt by derision;
[syn: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing]

2. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way;
[syn: parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on]

3. humorous or satirical mimicry;
[syn: parody, mockery, takeoff]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mockery \Mock"er*y\, n.; pl. Mockeries. [F. moquerie.] 1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance. [1913 Webster] It is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to look more like a mockery upon devotion than any solemn application of the mind to God. --Law. [1913 Webster] And bear about the mockery of woe. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule. [1913 Webster] The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport. [1913 Webster] The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery. --2 Macc. viii. 17. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mockery n 1: showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing] 2: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way [syn: parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on] 3: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: parody, mockery, takeoff]