SATIRE


Meaning of SATIRE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

political

Simon Regan, founding editor of political satire magazine Scallywag, has died at the age of 58.

This hilariously funny collection of political satire is one of the best Private Eye annuals to date.

social

The line between reportage and fiction, between social satire and sentimental snapshots, was blurring.

Mayle, who now divides his time between Long Island and Provence, earns chuckles with his gentle social satire .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

mordant wit/satire/humour

He showed his willingness to trade his mordant wit for the required political cliches.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a political satire

Gelbart is a writer of comedy and social satire .

The film is a stinging satire on American politics.

This is her first serious novel; up till now she has only written political satires.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Ballard's satire , however extreme, is always convincing, because its governing ideas inhabit every detail.

Euripides' satire on the paranoia of the idealist has always been the cult play of the Attic repertoire.

It's not satire exactly, since Hayworth has too kindly an eye for the human condition.

My services were much in demand, not only for sentimental verses, but for expressions of anger and rather cruel satire .

One genre it mostly ignores is satire and humor.

Political satire is a tricky thing; it's only as strong as its target.

Stevenson sometimes stumbles too far into academic minutiae and her satire can be flat-footed, but her London is beguiling.

This bawdy academic satire , with its potentially offensive laddish point of view, turns out to be a traditional romantic narrative.

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