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Satire - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Satire : (noun)
1: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "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"--Johathan Swift [syn: sarcasm, irony, caustic
remark]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Satire : \Sat"ire\ (?; in Eng. often ?; 277), n. [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, a., and cf.
Saturate.]
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.
Syn: Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade;
burlesque; wit; humor.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Satire |
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Quandu: Nanotech News: Cosmologist proves existence of God - The Spoof (Satire) (http://cli.gs/Yrdu4) |
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petherwin: OK, my climate change tweets may not be cutting-edge Satire. What d'you expect from someone whose only news source is @xrayedman's tweets? |
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kweenpg: Finally caught Idiocracy. Mike Judge does Satire better than comedy, I think. Tonight: Phoenix and the fam. |
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