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noun

ˌpa-skwə-ˈnād

Definition of pasquinade

as in satire

a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general a pasquinade of Washington society that features thinly disguised portraits of several political power brokers

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as in to parody

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Noun

The material provided her in a Shirley Temple spoof was a sophomoric attempt at satire that got its laughs with pointed needling rather than subtle jabbing.

— Hank Grant, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Beavis and Butt-Head function as a note-perfect satire of teenage confidence and idiocy, but the sharpness of the writing has always belied the bottom-of-the-barrel intellect of its title characters.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of satire

Verb

The White House announced Arcade on social media with a series of animations parodying Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo loading screens.

— Lou Kesten, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Jules Dassin’s Rififi (1955) and Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing (1956) further refined the formula, while a number of decidedly sillier capers in the ’60s both parodied and advanced the genre, helping set the stage for the modern Ocean’s movies.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of parody

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Everyone knows the show’s core characters — 10-year-old best friends Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick — but key to the show’s success is its seemingly endless capacity to satirize the zeitgeist.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
The roughly 45-second animation — projected without authorization — looped for more than 30 minutes and satirized the State of the Union.

— Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2026

Definition of satirize

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In creative, advanced age is omitted or caricatured, reducing relevance before the message has a chance to work.

— Ray Lansigan, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Nevin remembered the songwriter as a melancholic genius, and insisted that Foster did not merely caricature Black Americans but used their vernacular to convey universal themes.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

Definition of caricature

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Last year, the Brewers finished five games in front of the Cubs and then eliminated their big-market rival in October, celebrating with an L flag in their team photo, mocking a Wrigley Field tradition.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
After Allied forces invaded Normandy, the cover of this magazine was mocked up in Bayeux-style stitching.

— John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of mock

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The effect isn’t to lampoon but to confront his raw emotion and to test his capacity for resilience.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
There are few better settings to lampoon celebrity and wealth than the French Riviera and the Cannes Film Festival.

— Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026

Definition of lampoon

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De Paul’s behavior was both comedic fodder and an opportunity for English and Spanish-language pundits and content creators to ridicule his lack of awareness.

— Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Democrats found plenty to ridicule about Dallas 2026, from the strategic absence of most swing-seat GOP candidates to the empty tier of seats that the president pretended not to see.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of ridicule

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