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Definition of Satire
1. Noun. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn. "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"
Generic synonyms: Humor, Humour, Wit, Witticism, Wittiness
Attributes: Sarcastic, Unsarcastic
Derivative terms: Ironic, Ironical, Ironist, Sarcastic, Satiric, Satirical, Satirise, Satirist, Satirize
Definition of Satire
1. n. 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.
Definition of Satire
1. the use of derisive wit to attack folly or wickedness [n -S] : SATIRIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Satire
1. 1. 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. 2. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm. Synonym: Lampoon, sarcasm, irony, ridicule, pasquinade, burlesque, wit, humor. Origin: L. Satira, satura, fr. Satura (sc. Lanx) a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, a medley, fr. Satur full of food, sated, fr. Sat, satis, enough: cf. F. Satire. See Sate, Sad, and cf. Saturate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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