mockery

mockery
/mok"euh ree/, n., pl. mockeries.
1. ridicule, contempt, or derision.
2. a derisive, imitative action or speech.
3. a subject or occasion of derision.
4. an imitation, esp. of a ridiculous or unsatisfactory kind.
5. a mocking pretense; travesty: a mockery of justice.
6. something absurdly or offensively inadequate or unfitting.
[1400-50; late ME moquerie < MF. See MOCK, -ERY]
Syn. 4. mimicry.

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