self-satirizing

adjective

self-sat·​i·​riz·​ing ˌself-ˈsa-tə-ˌrī-ziŋ 

: tending or serving to make fun of or criticize oneself by means of satire

self-satirizing humor

The interviewer is played by a gamely self-satirizing George Harrison …

—D. J. Taylor

In his [Jerry Seinfeld's] self-satirizing way, he didn't agree with the principle of quitting on top. He said he wanted to peter out, exhausted, out of gas.

—Marvin Kitman

also : having the character or appearance of satire directed at oneself or itself

On the one hand, this brings us back to Bloom and his belief in a self-satirizing culture, in which reality is its own lampoon.

—David L. Ulin

"… How do you satirize the Internet when it's self-satirizing, you know?"

—Bo Burnham

… realized the whole thing was now so self-satirizing that no novel could do it justice.

—Sarah Dunant

Word History

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above