mockery
nounUK /ˈmɒkəɹi/ · US /ˈmɑkəɹi/
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.
1
The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
2
Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
3
Obsolete Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
4
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.
- Derived terms
- make a mockery of, make mockery of, self-mockery