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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.
Translations: 
  • German: Satire
Etymology: From Greek satyr, a mythological creature, as in a satyr play.


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