Meaning Of The Word Mock-heroic
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Mock-heroic Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Mock-heroic?
mock-heroic in American English
a burlesque of something heroic mocking, or burlesquing, any heroic style, action, or character adjective: imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action noun: an imitation or burlesque of something heroic mock-heroic in British English adjective: (of a literary work, esp a poem) imitating the style of heroic poetry in order to satirize an unheroic subject, as in Pope's The Rape of the Lock |
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