travesty
NOUN
travesty (noun);travesties (plural noun)
a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something:
"the absurdly lenient sentence is a travesty of justice"
SIMILAR:
misrepresentation
distortion
VERB
travesty (verb);·;travesties (third person present);·;travestied (past tense);·;travestied (past participle); travestying (present participle)
represent in a false or distorted way:
"Michael has betrayed the family by travestying them in his plays"
SIMILAR:
misrepresent
parody
ORIGIN
mid 17th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘dressed to appear ridiculous’): from French travesti ‘disguised’, past participle of travestir, from Italian travestire, from trans- ‘across’ + vestire ‘clothe’.
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noun
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