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In some senses, parody is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
The lively parody which he wrote […] was received with great applause.
A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
verb
To make a parody of something.
The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.