adjective
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of, relating to, or containing satire
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given to the use of satire
Related Words
See cynical.
Other Word Forms
- nonsatiric adjective
- nonsatirical adjective
- nonsatirically adverb
- nonsatiricalness noun
- pseudosatirical adjective
- pseudosatirically adverb
- quasi-satirical adjective
- quasi-satirically adverb
- satirically adverb
- satiricalness noun
- semisatiric adjective
- semisatirical adjective
- semisatirically adverb
- subsatiric adjective
- subsatirical adjective
- subsatirically adverb
- subsatiricalness noun
- unsatiric adjective
- unsatirical adjective
- unsatirically adverb
- unsatiricalness noun
Etymology
Origin of satirical
First recorded in 1520–30; from Late Latin satiric(us) (from satir(a) satire + -icus -ic ) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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The singer is also starring in the satirical film The Moment, which revisits the cultural phenomenon that followed the release of her 2024 album.
From BBC
"The reason Anthropic's satirical ads went viral is precisely because public trust in you and OpenAI has already hit rock bottom over the past few months," reads one prominent comment.
From BBC
Samuel Johnson once attempted to dismiss that satirical classic by saying, “when once you have thought of big men and little men, it is very easy to do all the rest.”
As well as three posters, there was a video ad which depicted people and businesses in hardship while characters sang a satirical song about everything being "just fine".
From BBC
It was like hearing that Martin Scorsese was making a movie called “Kool-Aid,” which almost happened, but only on the satirical television comedy “The Studio.”
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