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ALL meanings of mock-heroic

mock-he·ro·ic
M m
  • adjective mock-heroic imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action: mock-heroic dignity. 1
  • adjective mock-heroic of or relating to a form of satire in which trivial subjects, characters, and events are treated in the ceremonious manner and with the elevated language and elaborate devices characteristic of the heroic style. 1
  • noun mock-heroic an imitation or burlesque of something heroic. 1
  • adjective mock-heroic (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 0
  • noun mock-heroic burlesque imitation of the heroic style or of a single work in this style 0
  • adjective mock-heroic mocking, or burlesquing, any heroic style, action, or character 0
  • noun mock-heroic a burlesque of something heroic 0
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