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satire

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Satire often takes the form of drawn art, like in this early 19th century cartoon

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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”).

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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.
  2. (countable) A satirical work.
    a stinging satire of American politics.
  3. (uncountable, dated) Severity of remark.
    • 1898, George Bernard Shaw, Caesar and Cleopatra:
      CAESAR. No, by the gods! would that it had been! Vengeance at least is human. No, I say: those severed right hands, and the brave Vercingetorix basely strangled in a vault beneath the Capitol, were (with shuddering satire) a wise severity, a necessary protection to the commonwealth, a duty of statesmanship—follies and fictions ten times bloodier than honest vengeance!

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Often confused with parody, which does not necessarily have an element of social change.

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  • IPA(key): /satiːrə/, [saˈtˢiːɐ]

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satire c (singular definite satiren, plural indefinite satirer)

  1. satire

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Declension of satire
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative satire satiren satirer satirerne
genitive satires satirens satirers satirernes

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Borrowed from French satire, German Satire or Latin satira, from Latin satur but influenced by Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).

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satire f (plural satires or satiren)

  1. A satire.

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From Middle French satire, from Old French, from Latin satira, from earlier satura.

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satire f (plural satires)

  1. satire

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satire f

  1. plural of satira

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From Latin satura, satira.

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satire m (definite singular satiren, indefinite plural satirer, definite plural satirene)

  1. satire

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From Latin satura, satira.

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satire m (definite singular satiren, indefinite plural satirar, definite plural satirane)

  1. satire

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