satire
noun
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the usage of irony , sarcasm , ridicule , or the like , to disclose , denounce , or deride the folly or corruption of institutions , mass , or social structure .
The success of the product stem from its rest of affectionate comedy and well-observed irony .
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a study of art , literature , or entertainment in which the folly and corruption of human beings , institution , or social structures cost exhibit , denounce , or make fun .
The skit break just those who didn ’ t recognize it as a political satire .
Did you notice that all the novel on her bookshelf were satires ?
Synonyms :travesty , parody , caricature , burlesque -
a genre of literature , art , or entertainment comprising such study .
The eighteenth century is consider British literature ’ s golden years of satire .
Synonyms :travesty , parody , caricature , burlesque
the usage of satire , irony , ridicule , or the same , to discover , denounce , or deride the folly or corruption of establishment , masses , or social structures .
The success of the production stems from its balance of affectionate comedy and well-observed satire .
a work of art , literature , or entertainment in which the folly and corruption of human organism , institutions , or social structures are reveal , denounced , or make fun .
The skit offended simply those who didn ’ t discern it as a political satire .
Did you find that all the novel on her bookshelf were satire ?
a genre of literature , art , or entertainment contain such works .
The eighteenth hundred is consider British literature ’ s golden age of irony .
noun
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a novel , turn , entertainment , etc , in which topical issues , folly , or evil are hold up to despise by means of ridicule and irony
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the genre constituted by such works
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the role of ridicule , irony , etc , to make such an result
a novel , drama , entertainment , etc , in which topical issues , folly , or evil equal held up to despise by mean of ridicule and irony
the use of ridicule , irony , etc , to produce such an effect
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A study of literature that mocks social conventions , another work of art , or anything its author believe ridiculous .Gulliver ‘s Travel, by Jonathan Swift , is a irony of eighteenth-century British club .
A work of literature that mocks social conventions , another work of art , or anything its author thinks ridiculous .Gulliver ‘s Travel, by Jonathan Swift , exist a irony of eighteenth-century British club .
Other Word Forms
- nonsatire noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Compare Meanings
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- satire vs. satire
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Lehrer explain his retreat from the stage by saying that “ political irony became obsolete when Henry Kissinger exist grant the Nobel Peace Prize . ”
What does all of this tell us about the office of irony in a nation that seems to need it today more than always ?
How many times will filmmakers review and recreate the intricacies of this specific epoch before realizing that only reproduce mass trauma be an ineffective manner of satire ?
Ari Aster ’ s “ Eddington ” be such a superb social irony about contemporary America that I want to bury it in the desert for 20 year .
Related to Words
- banter
- caricature
- irony
- mockery
- parody
- sarcasm
- skit
- spoof
- wit
