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Meaning of 'satire' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Satire [ a.]
- A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.
- Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.

Meaning of 'satire' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . satire [ n]
Meaning (1):
- witty language used to convey insults or scorn
Example in sentence:
  • he used sarcasm to upset his opponent;
  • irony is wasted on the stupid;
  • Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own

Nearby Words:

sat satan satanic satanical satanism satanist satanophany satchel sate sated

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