satirize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- nonsatirizing adjective
- satirizable adjective
- satirization noun
- satirizer noun
- unsatirizable adjective
- unsatirized adjective
Etymology
Origin of satirize
Example Sentences
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The policing techniques satirized in the film may be futuristic, but its structure is fusty.
Nine years ago, the documentarian John Wilson came to Sundance to shoot a six-minute short called “Escape From Park City,” satirizing a film festival he didn’t think would ever let him in.
From Los Angeles Times
Scott Adams, the ‘Dilbert’ cartoonist who satirized a certain kind of workplace culture for more than 30 years before comments on race led to publishers cutting ties with him, has died at 68.
From Los Angeles Times
The shorts often satirize Christmas traditions such as gift-giving and pageants.
From Salon
The stage has been having a field day satirizing the way we transform when we communicate impersonally through our devices.
From Los Angeles Times
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