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satirize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsatɪrʌɪz/

Etymology

Etymology tree English satire Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English satirize From satire + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make a satire of; to mock.
   • But Reitman, who also coscripted the film (with Sheldon Turner) from a novel by Walter Kirn, isn't interested in merely satirizing the existence of guys like Bingham. 2009 December 9, Peter Howell, “Clooney at his funny best finds first-class isn't tops”, in Toronto Star:
   • Classic writers are prone to satirize women lashingly, but Jonson's satire is different. 1910, Charles Shirley Potts, Crime and the treatment of the criminal: Issue 8:
   • Nat Habib, the producer‐director at the Scarsdale theater, says that “Flahooley,” which satirizes big business, was in part a victim of the McCarthyism of the times. 1979 May 8, Judith A. Handelman, “Play From the 50's ‘Premieres’”, in The New York Times:
   • It occasionally suffers from the pontification so deservedly satirized in rockumentaries like This Is Spinal Tap. 2007 December 17, Daniel M. Gold, “The Early Years of Rock, Later Than Previously Thought”, in The New York Times:

Forms

Deriveds

satirization · satirizable · satirizer · unsatirized

Synonyms

spoof

Translations (43)

fr satiriser (make a satire) · za gangjbeg (make a satire) · la cavillor (make a satire) · yue 諷刺 /讽刺 (make a satire) · it satireggiare (make a satire) · gl satirizar (make a satire) · de lächerlich machen (make a satire) · za gangjbex (make a satire) · it prendersi gioco (make a satire) · el σατιρίζω (make a satire) · za gangjyiemq (make a satire) · za gangjgoz (make a satire) · sv förlöjliga (make a satire) · de verhöhnen (make a satire) · bg осмивам (make a satire) · de verspotten (make a satire) · za gangjvang (make a satire) · es satirizar (make a satire) · nan 諷刺 /讽刺 (make a satire) · za gangjyamj (make a satire) · za baeh (make a satire) · za bwngz (make a satire) · uk висмі́ювати (make a satire) · cmn 諷刺 /讽刺 (make a satire) · sv satirisera (make a satire) · sv satirisera över (make a satire) · ar هجا (make a satire) · es ridiculizar (make a satire) · ru высме́ивать (make a satire) · fi ivailla (make a satire) · mi whakarōrā (make a satire) · lzh 諷 (make a satire) · it ridicolizzare (make a satire) · za gangjim (make a satire) · ca satiritzar (make a satire) · cmn 譏諷 /讥讽 (make a satire) · za gangjbog (make a satire) · hi हँसी उड़ाना (make a satire) · fi satirisoida (make a satire) · de satirisieren (make a satire) · za bongz (make a satire) · ru вы́смеять (make a satire) · it fare satira (make a satire)