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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As an art-house film that satirizes American culture through the lens of a non-American like Inarritu, "Digger" was perhaps destined to be a heavy lift.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
HBO’s “I Love LA” satirizes the Los Angeles entertainment industry, with influencers, nepo-babies and the rich and famous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Where Season 3 played with tropes of the theater, the current series satirizes, or self-satirizes, movies and movie actors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 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
Erasmus, quoted, upon the monks, 66, 71; detested by Luther, 75; satirizes women, 181, 182.
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by James Parton
