satire

Etymology
From, from , from , from earlier , from , from feminine of. Altered in Latin by influence of Ancient Greek, on the mistaken notion that the form is related to the Greek.

Noun

 * 1)  A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or  preventing change or highlighting a shortcoming in the work of another. Imitation, humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
 * 2)  A satirical work.
 * 3)  Severity of remark.
 * 1)  Severity of remark.

Usage notes
Often confused with, which does not necessarily have an element of social change.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: satire
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: هِجَاء, هَجْو
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: satira, həcv
 * Belarusian: саты́ра
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 諷刺
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: satire
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: satiir
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: სატირა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: satir
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: कटूपहास, उपसाह
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: satíra,
 * Irish: aoir
 * Italian:, satirica
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: сатира, сықақ
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latvian: satīra
 * Lithuanian: satyra
 * Macedonian: сатира
 * Malay: satira
 * Maori: kōrero whakarōrā
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Ossetian: сатирӕ
 * Pashto:, هجوه
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: aoir
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: са̀тира
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: satira
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: tashtiti
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: satira
 * Tajik: ҳаҷв, танз
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: satira
 * Ukrainian: сати́ра
 * Urdu: طنز, ہجو
 * Uyghur: ھەجۋە, ساتىرا
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: satir

Related terms

 * ("satirist")
 * ("satirize")
 * ("satiric", "satirical")

Etymology
Borrowed from, or , from  but influenced by.

Noun

 * 1) A.

Etymology
From, from , from , from earlier.

Etymology
From,.

Etymology
From,.