satirize

English

Alternative forms

• satirise

Etymology

From satire +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsatɪrʌɪz/

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Verb

satirize (third-person singular simple present satirizes, present participle satirizing, simple past and past participle satirized)

1. (transitive) To make a satire of; to mock.
   • 1910, Charles Shirley Potts, Crime and the treatment of the criminal: Issue 8:

     Classic writers are prone to satirize women lashingly, but Jonson's satire is different.

   • 1979 August 5, Judith A. Handelman, “Play From the 50's ‘Premieres’”, in The New York Times‎:

     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.

   • 2007 December 17, Daniel M. Gold, “The Early Years of Rock, Later Than Previously Thought”, in The New York Times‎:

     It occasionally suffers from the pontification so deservedly satirized in rockumentaries like This Is Spinal Tap.

   • 2009 September 12, Peter Howell, “Clooney at his funny best finds first-class isn't tops”, in Toronto Star‎:

     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.

Translations

make a satire

Arabic: هجا Bulgarian: осмивам (bg) (osmivam) Catalan: satiritzar (ca) French: satiriser (fr) Galician: satirizar German: satirisieren, verspotten (de), verhöhnen (de), lächerlich machen Greek: σατιρίζω (el) (satirízo) Italian: ridicolizzare, fare satira, prendersi gioco, satireggiare Latin: cavillor Maori: whakarōrā Russian: высме́ивать (ru) impf (vysméivatʹ), вы́смеять (ru) pf (výsmejatʹ) Spanish: ridiculizar (es), satirizar (es) Swedish: satirisera (sv), satirisera över, förlöjliga (sv) Ukrainian: висмі́ювати (vysmíjuvaty)