"satire" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsætaɪɹ/ [General-American], /ˈsætaɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-satire.ogg Forms: satires [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle French satire, from Old French, from Latin satira, from earlier satura, from lanx satura (“full dish”), from feminine of satur. Altered in Latin by influence of Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos, “satyr”), on the mistaken notion that the form is related to the Greek σατυρικόν δράμα (saturikón dráma, “satyr drama”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|satire}} Middle French satire, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|la|satira}} Latin satira Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} satire (countable and uncountable, plural satires)
  1. (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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Art, Comedy, Genres Translations (literary technique): satire (Afrikaans), satirë [feminine] (Albanian), هِجَاء (hijāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), هَجْو (hajw) [masculine] (Arabic), երգիծանք (ergicankʻ) (Armenian), երգիծաբանություն (ergicabanutʻyun) (Armenian), satira (Azerbaijani), həcv (Azerbaijani), саты́ра (satýra) [feminine] (Belarusian), са́тира (sátira) [feminine] (Bulgarian), သရော်စာ (sa.rauca) (Burmese), sàtira [feminine] (Catalan), 諷刺 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 讽刺 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 諷刺 (Chinese Cantonese), 讽刺 (fung³ ci³) (Chinese Cantonese), 諷刺 (Chinese Mandarin), 讽刺 (fěngcì) (Chinese Mandarin), satira [feminine] (Czech), satire [common-gender] (Danish), satire [feminine] (Dutch), satiir (Estonian), satiiri (Finnish), satire [feminine] (French), სატირა (saṭira) (Georgian), Satire [feminine] (German), σάτιρα (sátira) [feminine] (Greek), satir (Haitian Creole), סָטִירָה \ סאטירה (satíra) [feminine] (Hebrew), कटूपहास (kaṭūphās) (Hindi), उपसाह (upsāh) (Hindi), szatíra (Hungarian), satíra [feminine] (Icelandic), háðsádeila [feminine] (Icelandic), aoir [feminine] (Irish), satira [feminine] (Italian), satirica [feminine, uncommon] (Italian), 風刺 (fūshi) (alt: ふうし) (Japanese), 皮肉 (hiniku) (alt: ひにく) (Japanese), сатира (satira) (Kazakh), сықақ (syqaq) (Kazakh), 풍자 (pungja) (alt: 風刺) (Korean), сатира (satira) (Kyrgyz), satīra [feminine] (Latvian), satyra [feminine] (Lithuanian), сатира (satira) [feminine] (Macedonian), satira (Malay), kōrero whakarōrā (Maori), хошигнол (xošignol) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), хошин (xošin) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), satire [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), сатирӕ (satiræ) (Ossetian), طنز (tanz) [masculine] (Pashto), هجوه (háǰwa) [feminine] (Pashto), طنز (tanz) (Persian), هجو (hajv) (Persian), satyra [feminine] (Polish), sátira [feminine] (Portuguese), satiră [feminine] (Romanian), сати́ра (satíra) [feminine] (Russian), aoir [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), са̀тира [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sàtira [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), satira [feminine] (Slovak), satira [feminine] (Slovene), sátira [feminine] (Spanish), tashtiti (Swahili), satir [common-gender] (Swedish), satira (Tagalog), ҳаҷв (hajv) (Tajik), танз (tanz) (Tajik), การเสียดสี (gaan-sìiat-sǐi) (Thai), yergi (Turkish), hiciv (Turkish), satira (Turkmen), сати́ра (satýra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), طنز (tanz) (Urdu), ہجو (hajv) (Urdu), ھەجۋە (hejwe) (Uyghur), ساتىرا (satira) (Uyghur), satira (Uzbek), hajv (Uzbek), châm biếm (Vietnamese), satir (Volapük)
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  2. (countable) A satirical work. Tags: countable
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  3. (uncountable, dated) Severity of remark. Tags: dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-satire-en-noun-BGR5wOZ-
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Derived forms: satirically, satiric, satirical, satirise, satirize, satirist, unsatirised, unsatirized

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    "satire"
  ],
  "word": "satire"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": hóng-chhì vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "satire"
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "satire",
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}

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