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sat·ire /ˈsætaɪər/ Show Spelled
[sat-ahyuhr] Show IPA
–noun
1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
3. a literary genre comprising such compositions.
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Origin:
1500–10; < L satira, var. of satura medley, perh. fem. deriv. of satur sated ( see saturate)
God Bless PFC Jamie Harkness. The US Army's newest PFC, but still our neighbor's little girl!