Parody Definition in Context with Images & Real Examples

Parody definition in context with images and real examples from the book, Vocabulary for the College-Bound Student. Learn the word, parody, in authentic context and improve your reading comprehension as well.

/ˈpær.ə.di/ (noun & verb)

Parody definition

  1. an amusing or humorous copy or imitation of a piece of writing, music, artist, politician, etc., burlesque, caricature, mockery, spoof, takeoff
  2. an unacceptable or incorrect example of something, poor imitation, misrepresentation

Parody in context

A parody, also called a spoof, a satire, a send-up, a take-off, a lampoon, a play on (something), or a caricature, is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satiric or ironic imitation. Often its subject is an original work or some aspect of it (theme/content, author, style, etc), but a parody can also be about a real-life person (e.g. a politician), event, or movement (e.g. the French Revolution or 1960s counterculture). Literary scholar Professor Simon Dentith defines parody as “any cultural practice which provides a relatively polemical allusive imitation of another cultural production or practice”.

Source of context: https://en.wikipedia.org/

Antonyms

model

Parts of speech

Noun: parodist

Adjective: parodic

Adjective: parodical

Adverb: parodically

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