satire
[noun]
Synonyms: mockery, burlesque, caricature, irony, lampoon, parody, ridicule

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Related Words: banter, chaffing, causticity, irony, mockery, ridicule, pasquinade, persiflage, squib, parody, spoof, spoofery, takeoff

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

sat‧ire /ˈsætaɪə $ -taɪr/ noun
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: Latin satura, satira, from (lanx) satura 'full plate, mixture', from satur; ⇒ saturate]

1. [uncountable] a way of criticizing something such as a group of people or a system, in which you deliberately make them seem funny so that people will see their faults:
the characteristic use of satire in Jonson’s work
political/social satire
a comedy group that does political satire

2. [countable] a piece of writing, film, play etc that uses this type of criticism
satire on
a satire on American politics
savage/stinging/vicious/biting satire
a biting satire of the television industry
—satirical /səˈtɪrɪkəl/ adjective:
a well-known satirical magazine
—satiric adjective
—satirically /-kli/ adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

satire
noun
ADJ. biting, brilliant | political, social the recent boom in political satire
PREP. ~ on The film is a brilliant satire on Hollywood.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲