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mockumentary

American  
[mok-yuh-men-tuh-ree, ‑tree] / ˌmɒk yəˈmɛn tə ri, ‑tri /

noun

Movies,
  1. a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.


mockumentary British  
/ ˌmɒkjʊˈmɛntərɪ, -trɪ /

noun

  1. a satirical television or radio programme in the form of a parody of a documentary

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Etymology

Origin of mockumentary

mock + (doc)umentary

Example Sentences

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Alas, the pair’s romantic break-up became Twitter official in 2015, prior to the debut of ABC’s mockumentary sitcom “The Muppets.”

From Salon

Some might recognize her bubbly folk theme from the NBC mockumentary sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” which stretched across seven seasons between 2009 and 2015.

From Los Angeles Times

And here he is again, starring in NBC’s “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins,” a mockumentary from Robert Carlock and Sam Means, about a disgraced football pro looking to salvage his reputation.

From Los Angeles Times

Unlike most mockumentary series, in which the supposed documentary is just an armature on which to hang a narrative, here it is very much the point — the series opens with the title “An Arthur Tobin Film,” suggesting we are watching the finished version of the movie whose making it documents, one in which Arthur has, against his better judgment, become a character.

From Los Angeles Times

O’Brien fondly recalled first watching the rock mockumentary “This is Spinal Tap” in college, calling it a “splitting-the-atom moment.”

From Los Angeles Times