transcription, транскрипция: [ bɜ:(r)lesk ]
( burlesques)
A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also use burlesque to refer to a situation in real life that is like this.
The book read like a black comic burlesque.
...a trio of burlesque Moscow stereotypes.
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