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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
So the whole ‘inspecting genitals’ thing is just silly and is totally a farce and a lie.
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
There is slapstick farce and clowning but that’s not the only thing the play holds.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
Absurdity and audacity are key factors in the musical, taking the story to an even grander level of farce.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
In a night full of tearful pauses, Yates and the designer Rosanna Vize, one of the show’s four creators, also find several ways to produce a sense of farce.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
There is slapstick farce and clowning but that’s not the only thing the play holds.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
Absurdity and audacity are key factors in the musical, taking the story to an even grander level of farce.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
In a night full of tearful pauses, Yates and the designer Rosanna Vize, one of the show’s four creators, also find several ways to produce a sense of farce.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farce
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This semester's show is a musical parody of Love Island called Love on an Island.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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So Far Kilmer’s career spanned nearly four decades, starting with his first movie in 1984, the absurd joke-a-minute World War II parody Top Secret!, from the knuckleheads that created the comedy classic Airplane!—
John DeVore,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
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The comedy about journalists entering North Korea was Sony’s prime release circa the time of the 2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment hack and leaks, where Pascal’s email exchanges with Scott Rudin, among others, revealed comments many deemed to be racist.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
31 Mar. 2025
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Yet horror movies dramatically outnumber comedies, particularly this year.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, Corden, as the event’s emcee, made some uncomfortable jokes about the Dow dropping 2200 points last Friday.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
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These jokes referenced economic news of the past week.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
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Chances are its uninhibited critique of privilege, political satire, and wicked social commentary would be softened or edited out.—
Viren Naidu,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2025
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My guess is cigars’ turn-of-the-century association with the upper class meant cigars were a useful tool of satire and then later, when the comedians found success, a means of Jewish assimilation.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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Season 3’s characters have begun to feel less like real people and more like caricatures at this point.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Nearby, on a soundstage, a black ribbon was wrapped around her caricature.—
Alexis Soloski,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The movie is a traditional Western right down to its narrative bones, but Kasdan and his actors infuse it with a raucous, even modern, sense of energy and humor.—
Sezin Devi Keohler,
EW.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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But The Pitt throws in just enough humor to keep us on our toes.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The votes were widely viewed as a sham and heavily criticized by the US at the time as well as by allies in Europe.—
Anna Chernova,
CNN,
24 Mar. 2025
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Six elections since have been widely dismissed as shams that concealed rising discontent.—
Nataliya Vasilyeva,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Farce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farce. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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