parodist

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Recent Examples of parodist Amid Red Rocks Amphitheatre’s flurry of EDM and heritage-rock shows is this master musical parodist’s. John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2025 And without the thrill of the forbidden, Mickey may not hold that much appeal for parodists either. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023 Frank Zappa was an unruly figure of 1960s rock, a free-speech advocate and devout parodist defined by his opposition to authority. Daniel Felsenthal, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2023 Other gifted parodists returning from Season 1 in new roles include Ariana DeBose, Ann Harada, Martin Short and Jaime Camil. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 26 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for parodist
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Noun
  • Instead, Farage's main opponent is Count Binface, a political satirist posing as a comic space alien, with a keen interest in earthly matters, including the positioning of a hand dryer in the men's toilet in a pub in west London.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Anna Juul is a screenwriter and novelist, satirist and board member with the Danish Mental Health Fund.
    Sabrina Jaszi, The Dial, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Gary MacGrath, 77, has been a caricaturist at a suburban Philadelphia fair for 14 years.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • An entire section of the Mad exhibit is devoted to movie and television show satires, the majority with art by master caricaturist Mort Drucker.
    Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The black and white photographs work especially well hung just a wall away from the Impressionists, many of who also work in black and white and concentrate on the slightest shadows.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2026
  • My first visit was in 1995 for a retrospective of 19th century Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte.
    David Allen, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • No wonder More had so many imitators, who set about busily redrawing their own maps of the world.
    Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026
  • That’s because success begets imitators eager to compete away profits.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Parodist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parodist. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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