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Noun: satire  satIr
  1. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn
    "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"
    - sarcasm, irony, caustic remark

Derived forms: satires

See also: sarcastic, satiric, satirist, satirize, unsarcastic

Type of: drollness, humor [US], humour [Brit, Cdn], wit, witticism, wittiness

Encyclopedia: Satire

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