travesty
Other forms: travestied; travesties; travestying
A travesty is a cheap mockery, usually of something or someone serious, such as a travesty of justice.
In literature, a travesty is a work that humorously and crudely imitates another work or style. But you can also use this word to describe anything that seems to mock, distort, or poorly imitate something else. A travesty of justice, for example, is a court case that makes a mockery of the judicial system — or so you might think, if the verdict isn't in your favor. Travesty comes from the French travesti, meaning "dressed in disguise."
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a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous waytype of:caricature, imitation, impersonationa representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
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a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situationssynonyms: farce, farce comedytype of:comedylight and humorous drama with a happy ending
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a distorted, debased, or absurd imitation of somethingtype of:imitationsomething copied or derived from an original
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make a travesty of
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