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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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The genre of literature comprising such works.
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Something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery; a travesty: The trial was a parody of justice.
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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.
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To make a parody of. See Synonyms at imitate.
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