Satire
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsætaɪɹ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Satire is a noun meaning (countable) A satirical work.
Meaning
(countable) A satirical work.
More Meanings
- (uncountable, dated) Severity of remark.
- (uncountable) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change or highlighting a shortcoming in the work of another. Imitation, humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
Example Sentences
a stinging satire of American politics.
CAESAR. No, by the gods! would that it had been! Vengeance at least is human. No, I say: those severed right hands, and the brave Vercingetorix basely strangled in a vault beneath the Capitol, were (with shuddering satire) a wise severity, a necessary protection to the commonwealth, a duty of statesmanship—follies and fictions ten times bloodier than honest vengeance!
Word Forms
- satires
Synonyms for satire
Depending on context, synonyms include irony, sarcasm.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sarcasm, irony, farce, spoof, travesty, lampoon.
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