satire

Definitions


[ˈsatʌɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- 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
(e.g: the crude satire seems to be directed at the fashionable protest singers of the time)


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




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