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satirize
[ sat-uh-rahyz ]
satirize
/ ˈsætəˌraɪz /
verb
- to deride (a person or thing) by means of satire
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Derived Forms
- ˌsatiriˈzation, noun
- ˈsatiˌrizer, noun
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Other Words From
- sati·riza·ble adjective
- sati·ri·zation noun
- sati·rizer noun
- non·sati·rizing adjective
- un·sati·riza·ble adjective
- un·sati·rized adjective
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Example Sentences
At least they satirize entitlement instead of unwittingly enacting (and celebrating) it.
The genre was always a simple one, easy to satirize and dismiss, though immensely profitable.
These satirize the customs and social habits of the Jews of his day in a bright and powerful style.
We may satirize character and qualities in the abstract without injury to our moral nature, but persons hardly ever.
"Don't satirize it," she exclaimed, looking up at him with a start.
It is true, also, that Thackeray approached "society" rather to satirize it than to set forth its agreeableness.
All that we used to satirize in former entertainments of this kind fails to exist in those I am describing.
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