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Satire
ˈsatʌɪə
Satire definitions
noun
satire
satires
- the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues
"the crude satire seems to be directed at the fashionable protest singers of the time"
- a play, novel, film, or other work which uses satire
"a stinging satire on American politics"
- a genre of literature characterized by the use of satire
"a number of articles on Elizabethan satire"
- (in Latin literature) a literary miscellany, especially a poem ridiculing prevalent vices or follies