as in parodies
a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general
a satire about the music industry in which a handsome but untalented youth is turned into a pop star
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Recent Examples of satires
The show spoofs recent Broadway blockbusters, including celebrity satires and pop culture zings, with hip-hop piano accompaniment.
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Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2025
After all this is the guy who won an original screenplay Oscar for one of the all-time great horror satires, Get Out.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
While Bruce the shark tore through limbs, there were also conspiracy thrillers, period dramas, counterculture satires, and deeply anti-authority crime flicks to rule the roost.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
As a content creator, Hansen is also known for making culinary chaos and gaming satires, which have earned him hundreds of millions of views from a social media fan base.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2025
After all this is the guy who won an original screenplay Oscar for one of the all-time great horror satires, Get Out.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
While Bruce the shark tore through limbs, there were also conspiracy thrillers, period dramas, counterculture satires, and deeply anti-authority crime flicks to rule the roost.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
As a content creator, Hansen is also known for making culinary chaos and gaming satires, which have earned him hundreds of millions of views from a social media fan base.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for satires
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The moment — delivered by Steinfeld’s character Mary on a humid New Orleans train platform — was clipped, memed and replayed across TikTok, igniting think pieces and parodies alike.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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Free speech covers the jokes, the satire, the parodies—even the dumb, crass, or offensive ones.—
Lizz Winstead,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, Altman, by virtue of the sheer number of spoofs, appears to have joined the pantheon of comic figures alongside South Park’s Eric Cartman and Family Guy’s Peter Griffin.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
9 Oct. 2025
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Lead Stories is a media organization that specializes in fact-checking and online spoofs.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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That is because Deadline is checking out the follow-up to John Morton’s BAFTA-winning BBC satirical comedies Twenty Twelve and W1A, shows that have landed cult status for their excruciating ode to Britishness and in-depth examination of the behind-the-scenes machinations of public institutions.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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In Germany, thrillers, cop shows and YA comedies rule the output roost.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Satires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satires. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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