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noun 
  1. A literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicule, ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoke, provoking or preventing change. Humour is often used to aid this.
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  • German: Satire
Etymology: From Greek satyr, a mythological creature, as in a satyr play.

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