noun
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a person who writes satire
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a person given to the use of satire
Other Word Forms
- self-satirist noun
Etymology
Origin of satirist
Example Sentences
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Gladiatorial combat in the arena was, in the satirist Juvenal’s phrase, “bread and circuses” for the Roman masses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The London based YouTuber and satirist had used his online voice to attack the Saudi regime.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
“She was a social satirist who was very well aware of currents in sociology and, in particular, psychology and psychiatry, which she mocked in a gentle but devastating way.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
American musician and satirist Tom Lehrer has died at the age of 97, according to US media reports.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2025
Now, he was a satirist, so he left it that way, and my father was, I guess I realized too late, a romantic, so he ended it another way.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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