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Webster 1913 Edition


Satire

Sat′ire

(?; in Eng. often [GREEK]; 277)
,
Noun.
[L.
satira
,
satura
, fr.
satura
(sc.
lanx
) a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, a medley, fr.
satur
full of food, sated, fr.
sat
,
satis
, enough: cf. F.
satire
. See
Sate
,
Sad
,
Adj.
, and cf.
Saturate
.]
1.
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
.
2.
Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.
Syn. – Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade; burlesque; wit; humor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Satire

SAT'IRE

,
Noun.
[L. satira; so named from sharpness, pungency. See satyriasis.]
1.
A discourse or poem in which wickedness or folly is exposed with severity. It differs from lampoon and pasquinade, in being general rather than personal.
2.
Severity of remark. It differs from sarcasm, in not expressing contempt or scorn.

Definition 2024


Satire

Satire

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German

Noun

Satire f (genitive Satire, plural Satiren)

  1. satire

Declension

Synonyms

  • Spottdichtung, Spottschrift

Related terms

satire

satire

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English

Noun

satire (countable and uncountable, plural satires)

  1. (uncountable) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
    A stinging satire of American politics.
  2. (countable) A satirical work.

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Translations

External links

  • satire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • satire in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams


Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /satiːrə/, [saˈtˢiːɐ]

Noun

satire c (singular definite satiren, plural indefinite satirer)

  1. satire

Inflection

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French

Noun

satire f (plural satires)

  1. satire

Italian

Noun

satire f

  1. plural of satira

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin satura, satira

Noun

satire m (definite singular satiren, indefinite plural satirer, definite plural satirene)

  1. satire

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin satura, satira

Noun

satire m (definite singular satiren, indefinite plural satirar, definite plural satirane)

  1. satire

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