mockery
noun
mock·ery
ˈmä-k(ə-)rē
ˈmȯ-
plural mockeries
1
: insulting or contemptuous action or speech : derision
… laying himself open to the jeers and mockeries of his rebellious subjects …—E. A. Freeman
2
: a subject of laughter, derision, or sport
… making him turn himself into a merry mockery of all he had once held dear.—Oliver St. John Gogarty
3
a
: a counterfeit appearance : imitation
… if it was not a man it was a huge and grotesque mockery of man.—Edgar Rice Burroughs
b
: an insincere, contemptible, or impertinent (see impertinent sense 1a) imitation
makes a mockery of justice
4
: something ridiculously or impudently (see impudent sense 1) unsuitable
… in her bitterness she felt that all rejoicing was mockery.—George Eliot
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“Mockery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mockery. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.
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