A literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humour is often used to aid this
Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm
witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Johathan Swift
the use of ridicule or scorn, often in a humorous or witty way, to expose vices and follies
A mode of writing which exposes the failings of individuals, societies or institutions to ridicule and scorn Its tone varies from tolerant amusement to bitter indignation (as in Sassoon's war poetry) V
A work that blends a critical attitude with humor and wit as well as with the intention of improving human institutions or humanity
Satire is the use of humour or exaggeration in order to show how foolish or wicked some people's behaviour or ideas are. The commercial side of the Christmas season is an easy target for satire
A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal
A literary work which exposes and ridicules human vices or folly Historically perceived as tending toward didacticism, it is usually intended as a moral criticism directed against the injustice of social wrongs It may be written with witty jocularity or with anger and bitterness Sidelight: Satiric poets often utilize irony, hyperbole, understatement, and paradox, as in Pope's An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot (See also Burlesque, Goliardic Poetry, Hudibrastic Verse, Lampoon, Mock Epic, Parody, Pasquinade) (Compare Antiphrasis)
Is to ridicule or mock ideas, persons, events, or doctrines, or to make fun of human foibles or weaknesses
Blending criticism and humor to expose a fault or problem; often used ironically
A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of life to a humorous effect It targets human vices and follies, or social institutions and conventions It usually uses wit, irony, parody, caricature, hyperbole, sarcasm Good satire is not only funny, but thought provoking (Kurt Vonnegut has written many great satires)