What is another word for satirise?

Pronunciation: [sˈatɪɹˌa͡ɪz] (IPA)

Satirise, a literary technique used to criticize a person, society, or culture, can be expressed through various synonyms such as mock, ridicule, lampoon, caricature, parody, burlesque, and spoof. Using these synonyms, a writer can expose the flaws and shortcomings of society or individuals in a humorous and witty way. While mocking involves teasing and making fun of someone, ridicule is more cutting and offensive. Lampoon is an attack on a particular individual or group, while a caricature exaggerates the physical features of someone. Both parody and burlesque involve humorously imitating something, but a burlesque is more provocative. A spoof, on the other hand, involves taking a well-known story or movie and making humor out of it.

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Usage examples for Satirise

I wish I could see more signs of literary culture among my scientific opponents; I should find their books much more easy and agreeable reading if I could; and then they tell me to satirise the follies and abuses of the age, just as if it was not this that I was doing in writing about themselves.
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
His ability to satirise society while still leaving it its dignity is unique.
"George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians"
T. Martin Wood
He did not satirise humanity, but Society.
"George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians"
T. Martin Wood

Famous quotes with Satirise

  • I'm not tempted to write a song about George W. Bush. I couldn't figure out what sort of song I would write. That's the problem: I don't want to satirise George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporise them. … And that's not funny.
    Tom Lehrer

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