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satirize

[sat-uh-rahyz]
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verb (used with object), sat·i·rized, sat·i·riz·ing.
  1. to attack or ridicule with satire.
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Also especially British, sat·i·rise.

Origin of satirize

First recorded in 1595–1605; satire + -ize
Related formssat·i·riz·a·ble, adjectivesat·i·ri·za·tion, nounsat·i·riz·er, nounnon·sat·i·riz·ing, adjectiveun·sat·i·riz·a·ble, adjectiveun·sat·i·rized, adjective
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Examples from the Web for satirized

Contemporary Examples

Historical Examples

  • The poets, the Laconizers, and Protagoras are satirized at the same time.

  • The obvious abuses of the time are satirized in this way ad nauseam.

  • Since literature has existed moralists have satirized fashion.

    Folkways

    William Graham Sumner

  • “You are a gentle object,” he satirized her, loosening his hold.

    Mountain Blood

    Joseph Hergesheimer

  • The satirized do not see themselves in the exaggerated type.

British Dictionary definitions for satirized

satirize

satirise

verb
  1. to deride (a person or thing) by means of satire
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Derived Formssatirization or satirisation, nounsatirizer or satiriser, noun
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Word Origin and History for satirized

satirize

v.

c.1600, from French satiriser (see satire (n.)). Related: Satirized; satirizing.

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