satire synonyms

satire

n.

  1. The exposing of vice or folly, especially by wit

    mockery, irony, ridicule, caricature; see irony, parody.

  2. A work containing satire, sense 1

    burlesque, parody, lampoon, caricature; see parody. See syn. study at wit.

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