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Definition of mock-heroic in English: mock-heroicadjective mɒkhɪˈrəʊɪkˌmɑk(h)əˈroʊɪk (of a literary work or its style) imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic subject. Example sentencesExamples - The mock-heroic style of the intertitles contrasts well with the banal visuals.
- The film is therefore a parody of a foreign educational movie with a hint of a mock-heroic tone.
- The irony is that Boileau's mock-heroic method, as he applied it in his Lutrin of 1674-83, had already been tested in a charade from 1664, the Petite Commande.
- Thus, returning to Through the Looking-Glass, we find the White Knight, a supremely funny, mock-heroic character.
- Moreover, this pattern of resemblance is rendered still more striking by the prominent appearance of mock-heroic topoi and diction in both poems.
- A brawl ensues, elaborately described in the author's mock-heroic style.
noun mɒkhɪˈrəʊɪkˌmɑk(h)əˈroʊɪk A burlesque imitation of the heroic character or literary style. Example sentencesExamples - It is these issues that should have been the focus of the press coverage from the start, not the mock-heroics of aircraft carriers, special forces and the stunt work of the young pilots in the sky.
- When the satirist aims to deflate false heroes, imposters or charlatans, who claim a respect which is not their due, the vehicle he chooses for this is usually the mock-heroic.
- The unifying theme of most of the top 10 seems to imply that the station's listeners are easily impressed by the mock-heroic.
Definition of mock-heroic in US English: mock-heroicadjectiveˌmäk(h)əˈrōikˌmɑk(h)əˈroʊɪk (of a literary work or its style) imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic subject. Example sentencesExamples - Moreover, this pattern of resemblance is rendered still more striking by the prominent appearance of mock-heroic topoi and diction in both poems.
- Thus, returning to Through the Looking-Glass, we find the White Knight, a supremely funny, mock-heroic character.
- The mock-heroic style of the intertitles contrasts well with the banal visuals.
- A brawl ensues, elaborately described in the author's mock-heroic style.
- The irony is that Boileau's mock-heroic method, as he applied it in his Lutrin of 1674-83, had already been tested in a charade from 1664, the Petite Commande.
- The film is therefore a parody of a foreign educational movie with a hint of a mock-heroic tone.
nounˌmäk(h)əˈrōikˌmɑk(h)əˈroʊɪk often as mock heroicsA burlesque imitation of the heroic character or literary style. Example sentencesExamples - The unifying theme of most of the top 10 seems to imply that the station's listeners are easily impressed by the mock-heroic.
- It is these issues that should have been the focus of the press coverage from the start, not the mock-heroics of aircraft carriers, special forces and the stunt work of the young pilots in the sky.
- When the satirist aims to deflate false heroes, imposters or charlatans, who claim a respect which is not their due, the vehicle he chooses for this is usually the mock-heroic.
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