satire
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satire
- /ˈsætaɪɹ/ US
- /ˈsætaɪə/ UK
Where it comes from
From Middle French satire, from Old French, from Latin satira, from earlier satura, from lanx satura (“full dish”), from feminine of satur. Altered in Latin by influence of Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos, “satyr”), on the mistaken notion that the form is related to the Greek σατυρικὸν δράμα (saturikòn dráma, “satyr drama”).
noun satires
- 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. Satire deflates and debases. It is an art which topples greatness, undermines pretension and punishes pride by revealing the low in the pretendedly high, the filth in the pure, the folly in reason. This belittling trick deploys telescopic lenses which picture the human as lesser and lower, or as a m
- A satirical work. a stinging satire of American politics.
- Severity of remark. 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 states
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sarcasm, irony, caustic remark, farce, spoof, travesty, lampoon, mockery, ridicule, critique, criticism, derision, paradox, spelling, caricature, burlesque
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noun literary technique
| Español | sátira |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 풍자 pungja |
| 日本語 | 風刺 fūshi, 皮肉 hiniku |
| 中文 | 諷刺 /讽刺 fěngcì |
| हिन्दी | कटूपहास kaṭūphās, उपसाह upsāh, व्यंग vyaṅg |
| Kiswahili | tashtiti |
| Português | sátira |
| Français | satire |
| Deutsch | Satire |
| Italiano | satira, satirica |
| Ελληνικά | σάτιρα sátira |
| Română | satiră |
| Русский | сати́ра satíra |
| Tiếng Việt | châm biếm |
| العربية | هِجَاء hijāʔ, هَجْو hajw |
| עברית | סָטִירָה \ סאטירה satíra |
Talk about this word "satire." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/satire. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. satire. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/satire "satire." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/satire.Cite this
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