makes a mockery of

• ridiculesSubjects to contemptuous laughter
• underminesWeakens by stealth
• parodySatirical imitation
• farceAbsurd, laughable situation
• travestyAbsurd, degrading imitation

satire · lampoons · belittles · degrades · humiliates · scorns · contempt · sham · charade · absurdity · hollow · joke · laughingstock · discredits · cheapens · disgraces · subverts · insults