Satire

Tuesday 18^th October 2016

Satire - /ˈsatʌɪə/

Noun

1.    [mass noun] The use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticise people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

2.    [count noun]A play, novel, film, or other work which uses satire.

3.    A genre of literature characterised by the use of satire.

4.   [count noun](in Latin literature) a literary miscellany, especially a poem ridiculing prevalent vices or follies.

Example sentences

Noun

‘The crude satire seems to be directed at the fashionable protest singers of the time’

‘A stinging satire on American politics’

‘A number of articles on Elizabethan satire’

Origin

Early 16th century: from French, or from Latin satira, later form of satura poetic medley.

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