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satire
noun [C/U] /ˈsæ·tɑɪər/Definition
› literature a humorous way of criticizing people or ideas to show that they have faults or are wrong, or a piece of writing or a play that uses this style: [C] The play is a satire on corporate culture. satirical
/səˈtɪər·ɪ·kəl/ adjective › satirical humor satirize
/ˈsæt̬·əˌrɑɪz/ verb [T] › Garry Trudeau would satirize him in his Doonesbury comic strip.
(Definition of satire noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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