Mockery vs Deception - What's the difference?
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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.
An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead and/or delude someone into errantly believing a lie or inaccuracy.
As nouns the difference between mockery and deception
is that mockery is the action of mocking; ridicule, derision while deception is an instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead and/or delude someone into errantly believing a lie or inaccuracy.mockery
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(mockeries)- The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.
