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mock-heroic

mock-he ro ic ▶adjective (of a literary work or its style ) imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic subject. ▶noun (often as mock heroics ) a burlesque imitation of the heroic character or literary style.

 

Oxford Dictionary

mock-heroic

mock-heroic |mɒkhɪˈrəʊɪk | ▶adjective (of a literary work or its style ) imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic subject. ▶noun a burlesque imitation of the heroic character or literary style.

 

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