sat·i·rize

[sat-uh-rahyz]
verb (used with object), sat·i·rized, sat·i·riz·ing.
to attack or ridicule with satire.
Also, especially British, sat·i·rise.


Origin:
1595–1605; satire + -ize

sat·i·riz·a·ble, adjective
sat·i·ri·za·tion, noun
sat·i·riz·er, noun
non·sat·i·riz·ing, adjective
un·sat·i·riz·a·ble, adjective
un·sat·i·rized, adjective
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satirize or satirise (ˈsætəˌraɪz) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
to deride (a person or thing) by means of satire
 
satirise or satirise
 
vb
 
satiri'zation or satirise
 
n
 
satiri'sation or satirise
 
n
 
'satirizer or satirise
 
n
 
'satiriser or satirise
 
n

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Satirize is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Word Origin & History

satirize
c.1600, from Fr. satiriser (see satire).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
But our bodies do not fit us, but caricature and satirize us.
The primary focus of the newspaper was to satirize campus life and the
  university administration.
Aarons didn't mean to satirize those scrumptious creatures, their opulence or
  their strangely bewitching narcissism.
Imaginative floats and presentations satirize everyday life.
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