mockumentary
[ mok-yuh-men-tuh-ree, ‐tree ]
/ ˌmɒk yəˈmɛn tə ri, ‐tri /
noun Movies, Television.
a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
Also called
mock documentary.
Origin of mockumentary
Words nearby mockumentary
mockers,
mockery,
mockingbird,
mockney,
mocktail,
mockumentary,
moctezuma,
mod,
mod cons,
mod.,
mod. praesc.
Example sentences from the Web for mockumentary
I did a bottle episode and then I was writing a mockumentary the next time.
‘Community’: Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Gillian Jacobs & Megan Ganz Roundtable |Jace Lacob |February 28, 2012 |DAILY BEASTAnd a few years ago, there was a Staar mockumentary featuring interviews with Carrie Fisher and Jeffrey Tambor.
British Dictionary definitions for mockumentary
mockumentary
/ (ˌmɒkjʊˈmɛntərɪ, -trɪ) /
noun plural -ries
a satirical television or radio programme in the form of a parody of a documentary
Word Origin for mockumentary
C20: from
mock + (
doc)
umentary