satirize
verb (used with object)
to attack or ridicule with satire.
satirizes
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present tense formof satirize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Then, he satirizes conservatives’ discomfort with his Blackness by sitting silently as Martin Short, playing a nervous young Republican delivering a hackneyed diatribe, shudders in his presence before scampering offstage to fall apart.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026
A recent show most analogous to “Expats” is “The White Lotus,” Mike White’s HBO dramedy which satirizes the lives of privileged white tourists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
It's this ridiculous thriller that satirizes the publishing industry by looking at the relationship between two friends: a white writer and an Asian writer.
From Salon ● May 16, 2023
The location was oddly fitting for a conversation in which Kuang pondered how her novel might be received within the industry she brutally satirizes.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2023
The American etholog never satirizes democracy, or the politician, or the newspaper.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
