parody
noun/ˈpærədi/
/ˈpærədi/
(plural parodies)
- [countable, uncountable] a piece of writing, music, acting, etc. that deliberately copies the style of somebody/something in order to be humorous
- a parody of a horror film
- His personality made him an easy subject for parody.
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingc2- She has written a cruel parody of his book.
- The show included a parody on Hollywood action movies.
- The show included a parody on current affairs programmes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brilliant
- clever
- funny
- …
- write
- do
- through parody
- parody of
- parody on
- …
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- [countable] (disapproving) something that is such a bad or an unfair example of something that it seems silly synonym travesty
- The trial was a parody of justice.
- This article is a grotesque parody of the truth.
Extra Examples- He sighed in a parody of deep emotion.
- She has become a grotesque parody of her former elegant self.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- grotesque
- in a parody of
- parody of
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek parōidia ‘burlesque poem’, from para- ‘beside’ (expressing alteration) + ōidē ‘ode’.
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