satirist
[sat-er-ist]
Origin of satirist
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Contemporary Examples
Because ultimately Westlake was not this kind of writer, or that kind, not a crime writer, or a satirist, or a comedian.
Dieudonné, the ‘performance artist’ banned by the French high court, was not a satirist or comedian of any kind.
The French Were Right to Ban Dieudonné’s Offensive ‘Performance Art’Bernard-Henri Lévy
January 15, 2014
Nobody else can touch her as a satirist, tragedian, and dissector of human behavior.
In 1605, the French satirist Thomas Artus published a strange book called The Island of Hermaphrodites.
So Portnoy—or so it seemed—was the satirist par excellence, particularly of the American Jewish comedy.
Historical Examples
I am sure, at least, that Nature never meant him for a satirist.
Biographical SketchesNathaniel Hawthorne
So very right, that I believe no satirist could breathe this air.
Life And Adventures Of Martin ChuzzlewitCharles Dickens
The novelist may be only an observer; the satirist must be a thinker.
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles DickensG. K. Chesterton
It is rather the keen, bright thrust of the satirist that saves the day.
The Untroubled MindHerbert J. Hall
Human life, of course, I mean, viewed with the eye of the satirist!
The Madonna of the FutureHenry James
satirist
- a person who writes satire
- a person given to the use of satire
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Word Origin and History for satirist
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