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mockery
English
Etymology
From Middle English mokkery, from Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Byzantine Greek ????? (m?kós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic ?????????? (al-makru, “guile, cunning”). Equivalent to mock +? -ery.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?k??i/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?k??i/
Noun
mockery (countable and uncountable, plural mockeries)
- The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
- Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
- (obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
- Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.
- The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.
Usage notes
- We often use make a mockery of someone or something, meaning to mock them. See also Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:ridicule
Translations
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neglect
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin negl?ctus, perfect passive participle of negleg? (“make light of, disregard, not to pick up”), a variant of necleg?, itself from nec (“not”) + leg? (“pick up, select”). Recorded since 1529, as noun since 1588.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n???l?kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
Verb
neglect (third-person singular simple present neglects, present participle neglecting, simple past and past participle neglected)
- (transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
- (transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.
- (transitive) To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.
Synonyms
- (fail to care for): let slide
- (to omit to notice): disregard, take no notice of; see also Thesaurus:ignore
- (failure due to carelessness): fail, forget
Antonyms
- (fail to care for): care, mind, reck; see also Thesaurus:care
- (to omit to notice): consider, notice, regard; see also Thesaurus:pay attention
Derived terms
Related terms
- negligee
- negligent
- negligence
Translations
Noun
neglect (countable and uncountable, plural neglects)
- The act of neglecting.
- The state of being neglected.
- Habitual lack of care.
Synonyms
- carelessness
- negligence
Antonyms
- consideration
- notice
- regard
Translations
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