parody
English
Etymology
From Latin parōdia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (parōidía, “parody”), from παρά (pará, “besides”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹədi/, /ˈpɛɹədi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹədi/
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- Hyphenation: par‧o‧dy
Noun
parody (countable and uncountable, plural parodies)
- A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 20, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:
- The lively parody which he wrote […] was received with great applause.
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- (countable, archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with parity.
Translations
expression making fun of something else
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Verb
parody (third-person singular simple present parodies, present participle parodying, simple past and past participle parodied)
- To make a parody of something.
- The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.
Usage notes
Often confused with satire, which agitates for social change using humor.
Translations
to make a parody of something
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See also
- satire, satirize
- pastiche
- send up, sendup, send-up
- spoof
- take off, takeoff
Further reading
- parody in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- parody in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- parody at OneLook Dictionary Search