Associations to the word «Satire»

Wiktionary

SATIRE, noun. (uncountable) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humour, irony and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
SATIRE, noun. (countable) A satirical work.

Dictionary definition

SATIRE, noun. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift.

Wise words

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus