1
as in parody
a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something
the recall of a duly elected official for a frivolous reason is not democracy in action but a farce
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as in comedy
humorous entertainment
the rubber-faced, loose-jointed comedian is a master of knockabout farce
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Recent Examples of farce
There’s an inherent farce to the U.S. government, or so Hailey Gates suggests in her debut feature film, Atropia.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
The standoff over a collective-bargaining agreement that ought to have been completed months ago is nearing the point of farce.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Based loosely on real events, the screwball farce tells the story of a group of British intelligence officers who devise a plan to distract the Nazis from invading Sicily.
—Barbara Schuler, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
On tariff wars; a farce in Belarus; an honest congressman; Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl; and more
As a rule, this column has a language item or two, and those items are usually down at the bottom.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Jan. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
The standoff over a collective-bargaining agreement that ought to have been completed months ago is nearing the point of farce.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Based loosely on real events, the screwball farce tells the story of a group of British intelligence officers who devise a plan to distract the Nazis from invading Sicily.
—Barbara Schuler, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
On tariff wars; a farce in Belarus; an honest congressman; Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl; and more
As a rule, this column has a language item or two, and those items are usually down at the bottom.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farce
Noun
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The user’s viral review sparked parodies across the app with user @Nathanwituk poking fun at the original poster in a Feb. 23 video.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Feb. 2025
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Additionally, disco offered a framework for instrumentalists to play around with, as well as characteristics that cannot be boiled down to logic: there can also be affective reasons, regardless of whether the intent is irony, camp, parody, or the expression of genuine sentiment.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Feb. 2025
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The crime comedy co-stars Ed Harris, Gabrielle Union, Pete Davidson, and Bill Murray.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
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Part crime show, part black comedy, Mike White’s brilliant anthology series has yet to disappoint.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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After a joke about Adam Sandler’s fashion sense, O’Brien suddenly changed tone to address the devastation of the wildfires in Los Angeles, and how an awards show can seem self-indulgent if that context was not addressed.—
Annie Aguiar,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2025
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But from a pure comedy standpoint, the joke was just basic—and unfunny.—
Esther Zuckerman,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2025
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These bits of satire don’t betray a lack of respect for the films that came before The Monkey so much as an understanding that the King adaptation is in dire need of a refresh.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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If Demi Moore wasn’t going to win for her career-reviving performance in the horror satire The Substance, then surely British voters would reward Marianne Jean-Baptiste for her searing depiction of depression in Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths.—
Sarah Crompton,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
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Fola comes across as the most sympathetic character, and the story, though not a first-person narrative, feels like it’s told from their perspective — which perhaps explains a slight tendency toward caricatures in the portrayals of other characters, especially Healy and Sandra.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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The caskets were displayed in front of a large banner that showed a caricature replicating antisemitic tropes of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with vampiric teeth and blood running down his face.—
Astha Rajvanshi,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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That also included the decision on saving O’Brien’s references to the fires until later in his monologue — and to add humor to the firefighters’ appearance during the broadcast.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2025
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Whenever O’Brien was onstage, balancing impish humor with a palpable love for movies and compassion for an industry where so many recently lost so much to the wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles, the ceremony felt light and loose.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
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The set comes with two shams and a woven quilt that feels smooth and comfortable to sleep under all year round, according to shoppers.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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The breakdown of democracy in the United States will not give rise to a classic dictatorship in which elections are a sham and the opposition is locked up, exiled, or killed.—
STEVEN LEVITSKY,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Farce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farce. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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