noun, verb
noun (plural parodies) ~ (of sth)
1 [C,U] a piece of writing, music, acting, etc. that deliberately copies the style of sb/sth in order to be amusing:
a parody of a horror film * His personality made him an easy subject for parody.
2 [C] (disapproving) something that is such a bad or unfair example of sth that it seems ridiculous:
The trial was a parody of justice. * This article is a grotesque parody of the truth.
verb (parodies, parodying, parodied, parodied) [VN] to copy the style of sb/sth in an exaggerated way, especially in order to make people laugh:
to parody an author / a style / an accent
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for parody is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does parody appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — parody appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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