sat·ire [sat-ahyuhr] Show IPA noun 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. 2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. 3. a literary genre comprising such compositions. Origin: 1500–10; Latin satira, variant of satura medley, perhaps feminine derivative of satur sated (see saturate) Related forms non·sat·ire, noun Can be confused: 1. burlesque, caricature,
sat·ire [sat-ahyuhr] Show IPA noun 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. 2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. 3. a literary genre comprising such compositions. Origin: 1500–10; Latin satira, variant of satura medley, perhaps feminine derivative of satur sated (see saturate) Related forms non·sat·ire, noun Can be confused: 1. burlesque, caricature,