satirize
verb (used with object)
to attack or ridicule with satire.
satirized
Example Sentences
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Our critic said that in it influencer culture “is satirized with savage wit.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
The policing techniques satirized in the film may be futuristic, but its structure is fusty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Blur even satirized grunge music with its megahit “Song 2,” a song of nonsense lyrics and unearned vim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
The story originally satirized materialistic baby boomers stymied by shifting gender roles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
A similar confusion is satirized by Moliere when he has his pompous doctor announce that his sleeping potion works because of its dormitive virtue.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
