Definition of "travesties" [travesties]

• Plural form of travesty. (noun)

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• "Arcadia (1979), Christopher Reid has been producing work of rare quality and wit which, in typically modest style, he dubs "travesties of what might have been" ("One for the Footnotes")."
• "Because this miasmic political alembic of dissimulation, leakage and 'shocking' revelation is meant to conceal who the financial and power beneficiaries who thrive on war are - all the leaks and vapid condemnation of leaks in the world can only hope to reveal the most superficial level inconstiencies and travesties, that is, what we already know are the horrific and tragic consequence of unlimited war."
• "I did discover that the store-bought pikelets, muffins, and crumpets which I had previously admired were universally considered "travesties" of the genuine article."