Meaning Of The Word Mock-heroic

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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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