Definitions for mockery
ˈmɒk ə rimock·e·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffingnoun

   showing your contempt by derision

2. parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-onnoun

   a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

3. parody, mockery, takeoffnoun

   humorous or satirical mimicry

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. mockerynoun

   The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.

2. mockerynoun

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

3. mockerynoun

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

4. mockerynoun

   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.

5. Etymology: Fropm mokerie, mokery, and mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker + -erie, perhaps from Greek μωκός - mokos, "mocker".

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mockerynoun

   Etymology: mocquerie, Latin.

   1. Derision; scorn; sportive insult.

   The forlorn maiden, whom your eyes have seen
   The laughing-stock of fortune’s mockeries,
   Am the only daughter of a king and queen. Fa. Qu.

   Why should publick mockery in print be a better test of truth than severe railing sarcasms. Isaac Watts.

   2. Ridicule; contemptuous merriment.

   A new method they have of turning things that are serious into mockery; an art of contradiction by way of scorn, wherewith we were long sithence forewarned. Richard Hooker, b. v.

   3. Sport; subject of laughter.

   What cannot be preserv’d when fortune takes,
   Patience her injury a mockery makes. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   Of the holy place they made a mockery. 2 Mac. viii. 17.

   4. Vanity of attempt; delusory labour; vain effort.

   It is as the air, invulnerable;
   And our vain blows malicious mockery. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   5. Imitation; counterfeit appearance; vain show.

   To have done, is to hang quite out of fashion,
   Like rusty mail in monumental mockery. William Shakespeare.

   What though no friends in sable weeds appear,
   Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year,
   And bear about the mockery of woe
   To midnight dances. Alexander Pope, Miscel.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mockery

   Mockery or mocking is the act of insulting or making light of a person or other thing, sometimes merely by taunting, but often by making a caricature, purporting to engage in imitation in a way that highlights unflattering characteristics. Mockery can be done in a lighthearted and gentle way, but can also be cruel and hateful, such that it "conjures images of corrosion, deliberate degradation, even subversion; thus, 'to laugh at in contempt, to make sport of' (OED)". Mockery appears to be unique to humans, and serves a number of psychological functions, such as reducing the perceived imbalance of power between authority figures and common people. Examples of mockery can be found in literature and the arts.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mockery

   Mockery is the act of making fun of, ridiculing or deriding someone or something in a contemptuous or scornful manner. It is often achieved through imitation, exaggeration, sarcasm or tongue in cheek humor. In other words, it is a means to belittle or dismiss the importance of something, or to expose the folly or absurdity of something, often with the intention of provoking laughter or scorn.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Mockerynoun

   the act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance

2. Mockerynoun

   insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule

3. Mockerynoun

   subject of laughter, derision, or sport

4. Etymology: [F. moquerie.]

Matched Categories

1. • Caricature
   • Derision
   • Mimicry

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mockery in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mockery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of mockery in a Sentence

1. The Russian ministry:

   One gets an impression that the mockery of our memorial sites in Poland has been built into the state policy.

2. Christen Kuikoua:

   In the name of acceptance, abominations embraced, What was unholy now applauded and praised. Same-sex unions paraded in false equity, A mockery of God's plan, a blatant heresy

3. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi:

   The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

4. Franklin Pounders:

   The criticism came from people who thought guns, even concealed by church security, were a mockery of people who claimed faith in God to meet all their needs in life, my philosophy is a bit different. The Bible says, 'In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.'.

5. Samantha Grant -LRB- left -RRB-:

   I chose the title because I was more making a mockery of tabloids who, at one point, called my sister ‘Princess Pushy,’ the opposite is true. And so I thought, you know, to make fun of that and illustrate that she really is not, I'm going to choose that title and run with it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mockery
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mockery
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=mockery
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockery
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mockery
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=mockery