parody

== English == === Etymology === From Latin parōdia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (parōidía, “parody”), from παρά (pará, “besides”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹədi/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈpaɹədɪj/ (US) (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹədi/ (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹədi/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈpaɾəde/, /-dɪ/, /-di/ (Wales) IPA(key): /ˈpaɾədi/ Homophone: parity (flapping, weak vowel merger) Hyphenation: par‧o‧dy === Noun === parody (countable and uncountable, plural parodies) A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony. Coordinate terms: pastiche, send-up (countable, archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with parity. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === parody (third-person singular simple present parodies, present participle parodying, simple past and past participle parodied) (transitive) To make a parody of something. ==== Usage notes ==== Often confused with satire, which agitates for social change using humor. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === satire, satirize pastiche send up, sendup, send-up spoof take off, takeoff === Further reading === “parody”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “parody”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “parody”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.