/mok"euh ree/ , n. , pl. mockeries .
1. ridicule, contempt, or derision.
2. a derisive, imitative action or speech.
3. a subject or occasion of derision.
4. an imitation, esp. of a ridiculous or unsatisfactory kind.
5. a mocking pretense; travesty: a mockery of justice.
6. something absurdly or offensively inadequate or unfitting.
[ 1400-50; late ME moquerie ]
Syn. 4. mimicry.