parody
A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
Other meanings
A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
Related words
- self-parody
- autoparody
- paradelle
- parodiable
- parodial
- parodical
- parodism
- parodist
- parodistic
- parodize
- parody mass
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "παρῳδία".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “parody” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.