Associations to the word «Mockery»

Wiktionary

MOCKERY, noun. The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
MOCKERY, noun. Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
MOCKERY, noun. (obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
MOCKERY, noun. Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.

Dictionary definition

MOCKERY, noun. Showing your contempt by derision.
MOCKERY, noun. A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way.
MOCKERY, noun. Humorous or satirical mimicry.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats