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   satire

   /ˈsatʌɪə/

   noun

   • 1. 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" Similar mockeryridiculederisionscorncaricatureironysarcasm
   • ▪ a play, novel, film, or other work which uses satire: "a stinging satire on American politics" Similar parodyburlesquecaricaturelampoonskittake-offsquibtravestyinformal:spoofsend-upvulgar slang:piss-takerare:pasquinadepasticcio
   • ▪ 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.

   Word Origin early 16th century: from French, or from Latin satira, later form of satura ‘poetic medley’.

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