mockery
n. C / Un. the act of making fun of someone or something in a mean way. It often involves copying someone's voice or behavior to make them look silly.
n. contemptuous or derisive ridicule; the act of imitating someone or something in a way that highlights perceived flaws or absurdities.
His constant mockery of the teacher got him into trouble.
The comedian's mockery of the politician's speech was so accurate that the audience couldn't stop laughing.
The trial was a complete mockery of justice, as the judge had clearly decided on the verdict before the defense had even presented its first witness.
From Middle English mokkery, from Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Byzantine Greek μωκός (mōkós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic مَكْر (makr, “scheme, plot”). Equivalent to mock + -ery.
Uncountable when referring to the general act of ridicule; countable when referring to a specific instance or a failed imitation ('a mockery of').
He made a mockery about the rulesHe made a mockery of the rulesThe idiom 'to make a mockery of' always takes the preposition 'of' to indicate the subject being ridiculed.