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Meaning of mockery

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

mockery

Pronunciation:/ˈmɒkəɹi//ˈmɑkəɹi/

noun

Definitions

  1. The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.

  2. Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.

  3. Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.

  4. Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.

    Example: The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.