satirize
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsatɪrʌɪz/
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Verb
[edit]satirize (third-person singular simple present satirizes, present participle satirizing, simple past and past participle satirized)
- (transitive) To make a satire of; to mock.
- 1910, Charles Shirley Potts, Crime and the treatment of the criminal: Issue 8:
- Classic writers are prone to satirize women lashingly, but Jonson's satire is different.
- 1979 August 5, Judith A. Handelman, “Play From the 50's ‘Premieres’”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Nat Habib, the producer‐director at the Scarsdale theater, says that “Flahooley,” which satirizes big business, was in part a victim of the McCarthyism of the times.
- 2007 December 17, Daniel M. Gold, “The Early Years of Rock, Later Than Previously Thought”, in The New York Times[2]:
- It occasionally suffers from the pontification so deservedly satirized in rockumentaries like This Is Spinal Tap.
- 2009 September 12, Peter Howell, “Clooney at his funny best finds first-class isn't tops”, in Toronto Star[3]:
- But Reitman, who also coscripted the film (with Sheldon Turner) from a novel by Walter Kirn, isn't interested in merely satirizing the existence of guys like Bingham.
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[edit]make a satire
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