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satir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lampoon verb To attack a person or institution in public by making them ridiculous — in a cartoon, article, song or sketch that exaggerates their faults for comic effect.
  • satire noun A form of writing, art, or performance that uses humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize people, institutions, or society.

Senses

satir is used for these senses in English:

  • lampoon A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.
  • satire (uncountable) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change or highlighting a shortcoming in the work of another. Imitation, humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.

lampoon — full definition

  1. verb To attack a person or institution in public by making them ridiculous — in a cartoon, article, song or sketch that exaggerates their faults for comic effect.
  2. noun A piece of writing or drawing that ridicules somebody in this way.

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