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Definition of Parody
1. Verb. Make a spoof of or make fun of.
2. Noun. A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way.
Generic synonyms: Caricature, Imitation, Impersonation
Derivative terms: Burlesque, Burlesque, Lampoon, Parodist, Spoof, Take Off
3. Verb. Make a parody of. "The students spoofed the teachers"
Generic synonyms: Mock
Specialized synonyms: Travesty
Derivative terms: Burlesque, Burlesque, Parodist, Spoof
4. Noun. Humorous or satirical mimicry.
Generic synonyms: Apery, Mimicry
Derivative terms: Parodist, Take Off
Definition of Parody
1. n. A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.
2. v. t. To write a parody upon; to burlesque.
Definition of Parody
1. Noun. A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony. ¹
2. Verb. To make a parody of something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parody
1. to imitate a serious literary work for comic effect [v -DIED, -DYING, -DIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parody
Literary usage of Parody
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1878)
"parody and Parodist». Why should it sleep not ? why should it start, ... One parody
of Mr. Swinburne which is distinctly ingenious and sustained, ..."
2. Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors by Walter Hamilton (1887)
"parody has two values. It is an admirably effective form of criticism ; and it is
... No legitimate fun can be got out of an honest parody of ' Hamlet. ..."
3. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1904)
"... himself (as it was not of course invented even by Canning and his merry men,
from whom Maginn took it), the method Hi* parody- of parody-criticism, is, ..."
4. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1835)
"A dramatic parody, which produced the greatest effect, ... It was the bun.
ness of the dramatic parody to turn the solemn tragedy * Henry Stephens appears ..."
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