satire
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5.4
- noun
- /ˈsætaɪr/
- Literature
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sátira
- The author wrote a sharp satire that mocked the fashion industry for its unrealistic standards.
- political satire
- humor and satire
- ancient satire
So I think satire is the comedy of beliefs.
- So I think satire is the comedy of beliefs.
- So that that's almost like a a satire of society.
- Similarly, flying saucers show up exclusively in my satire.
- It's odd that for a start, a piece of fiction, a piece of satire can generate that kind of response.
- So it becomes a satire of institutions, state everything.
- But it's actually like it has the space for social critique, for satire.
- And I always think satire is one of our strongest arrows in our democracy.
- I think it's a great satire that is stylish, funny, and when it is fantastically animated.
- Throughout all of the controversies, she defended herself by saying it was all hyperbolic satire, right?
- A show where the political satire on it has become weak.
- So the graphics for this political satire seems to be working pretty well.
- And you think, I'm sure that must be a satire, and it turns out not to be.
Examples
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Juvenal's satire, with its attack on those who live beyond their means, was also timely.
Academic text (2011) -
I think we can make a funny satire here, one people will remember.
Fiction book (1995) -
We wrote a bit once that was a satire of different things.
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And yet we keep allowing it to continue to exist because the Internet loves satire like nothing else.
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Political satire is one of the marks of a healthy society.
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Yes, yes, it's definitely, I would say a historical satire about the rise of Catherine the Great.
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And I always think satire is one of our strongest arrows in our democracy.
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In fact, the introduction is a satire on the methods and assumptions of contemporary scholarship.
Academic text (1999) -
It's a fine line to be able to write political satire that works as humor even if you don't carry the politics into it.
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Chief among Weldon's narrative strategies is her use of satire, and foremost among her targets is Western romantic love.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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3.9
A way of saying the opposite to make fun of someone or show you dislike them
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4.9
Making fun of someone or something by copying them to make others laugh
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7.9
Laughing at or making fun of someone to show you do not respect them
Antonyms
How Critical
Surface Forms
Etymology
Satire comes from the Latin satura, which meant a 'mixture' or 'medley'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of satire as a mix of humor, irony and mockery that points out foolishness or bad behaviour, which is why the word now means humorous criticism.