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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sat•i•rist (sat′ər ist),USA pronunciation n. - a writer of satires.
- one who indulges in satire.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: satirist /ˈsætərɪst/ n - a person who writes satire
- a person given to the use of satire
sat•ire /ˈsætaɪr/USA pronunciation n. - [uncountable] the use of ridicule to show someone's foolishness, weakness, etc.
- Literature[countable] a piece of writing or a performance using this.
sa•tir•i•cal /səˈtɪrɪkəl/USA pronunciation adj. sat•i•rist /ˈsætərɪst/USA pronunciation n. [countable]See -sat-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sat•ire (sat′īər),USA pronunciation n. - the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Literaturea literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
- Literaturea literary genre comprising such compositions.
- Latin satira, variant of satura medley, perh. feminine derivative of satur sated (see saturate)
- 1500–10
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See irony 1.
- 2, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged burlesque, caricature, parody, travesty. Satire, lampoon refer to literary forms in which vices or follies are ridiculed. Satire, the general term, often emphasizes the weakness more than the weak person, and usually implies moral judgment and corrective purpose:Swift's satire of human pettiness and bestiality.Lampoon refers to a form of satire, often political or personal, characterized by the malice or virulence of its attack:lampoons of the leading political figures.
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