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Definitions of parody in various dictionaries:
noun - a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
noun - humorous or satirical mimicry
verb - make a spoof of or make fun of
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| make a spoof of or make fun of |
| humorous or satirical mimicry |
| The genre of literature comprising such works. |
| To make a parody of. See Synonyms at imitate. |
| Music The practice of reworking an already established composition, especially the incorporation into the Mass of material borrowed from other works, such as motets or madrigals. |
| Something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery a travesty: The trial was a parody of justice. |
| A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. See Synonyms at caricature. |
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A parody (); also called a spoof, send-up, take-off, lampoon, play on (something), caricature, or joke is a work created to imitate, make fun of, or comment on an original workits subject, author, style, or some other targetby means of satiric or ironic imitation. As the literary theorist Linda Hutcheon puts it, "parody is imitation, not always at the expense of the parodied text." Another critic, Simon Dentith, defines parody as "any cultural practice which provides a relatively polemical allusive imitation of another cultural production or practice." * Parody may be found in art or culture, including literature, music (although "parody" in music has an earlier, somewhat different meaning than for other art forms), animation, gaming, and film. * The writer and critic John Gross observes in his Oxford Book of Parodies, that parody seems to flourish on territory somewhere between pastiche ("a composition in another artist's manner, without satirical intent") and burlesque (which "fools aro |
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