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1. (n.) satire
the use of irony, sarcasm, or ridicule in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
2. satire
a literary composition or genre in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
Etymology: (1500–10; < L satira, var. of satura medley, perh. fem. der. of satur sated (see saturate ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remark
witty language used to convey insults or scorn
"he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift
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1. (noun) satire
exaggeration of the silly qualities of sth to show it has flaws
the use of satire in the film
2. satire
a book, film, etc. that uses satire
The book is a hilarious satire.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) satire
a composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal
2. (adj) satire
keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. satire
a species of poetry or prose writing in which the vice or folly of the times is held up to ridicule, a species in which Horace and Juvenal excelled among the Romans, and Dryden, Pope, and Swift among us.
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Sense: (a piece of) writing etc that makes someone look foolish
a satire on university life.
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 Afrikaans: satire |
 Arabic: نَقْد ساخِر، كِتابة ساخِر |
 Bulgarian: сатира |
 Brazilian: sátira |
 Czech: satira |
 German: die Satire |
 Danish: satire |
 Greek: σάτιρα |
 Spanish: sátira |
 Estonian: satiir |
 Farsi: هجونامه |
 Finnish: satiiri |
 French: satire |
 Hebrew: סָטִירִי |
 Hindi: व्यंग्य |
 Croatian: satira, poruga |
 Hungarian: szatíra |
 Indonesian: satir |
 Icelandic: háðsádeila, satíra |
 Italian: satira |
 Japanese: 風刺 |
 Korean: 풍자 |
 Lithuanian: satyra |
 Latvian: satīra |
 Malay: satira; karangan sindiran |
 Dutch: satire |
 Norwegian: satire |
 Polish: satyra |
 Persian: هجونامه |
 Pashto: ملنډى، كترې، طنزى، غندنه، |
 Portuguese: sátira |
 Romanian: satiră |
 Russian: сатира |
 Slovak: satira |
 Slovenian: satira, zabavljica |
 Serbian: satira |
 Swedish: satir |
 Thai: การเขียนที่กล่าวเสียดสี |
 Turkish: yergi, hiciv |
 Taiwanese: 諷刺文學 |
 Ukrainian: сатира |
 Urdu: طنزیہ ، مضحک تحریر |
 Vietnamese: sự châm biếm |
 Chinese: 讽刺作品 |
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