mockery
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Britannica Dictionary definition of MOCKERY
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[noncount]
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behavior or speech that makes fun of someone or something in a hurtful way
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mocking behavior or speech
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The bright orange house was an object of mockery on our street. [=people mocked the house; people laughed at it and criticized it]
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His kind of personality invites mockery.
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the children's cruel mockery of each other
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[singular]
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a bad or useless copy of something
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The judge's decisions are a mockery of real justice. [=the judge's decisions are very unjust]
◊ If you make a mockery of something, you make it seem ridiculous or useless.
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The judge's decisions have made a mockery of the legal system.
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He's made a mockery of our marriage.
