self-mockery

 [mok-uh-ree]  

mock·er·y

   [mok-uh-ree]
noun, plural mock·er·ies.
1.
ridicule, contempt, or derision.
2.
a derisive, imitative action or speech.
3.
a subject or occasion of derision.
4.
an imitation, especially of a ridiculous or unsatisfactory kind.
5.
a mocking pretense; travesty: a mockery of justice.
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6.
something absurdly or offensively inadequate or unfitting.
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English moquerie < Middle French. See mock, -ery

Related forms
self-mock·er·y, noun

Synonyms
4. mimicry.

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