satirists

Definition of satiristsnext
plural of satirist

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Noun
  • Upstairs, impressionists, writers, socialites, and painters who moved in Proust’s orbit, from Sarah Bernhardt to Emile Zola and Claude Monet, lent their names to a room or suite.
    Lindsey Tramuta, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • How can storytellers incorporate faith thoughtfully, avoid stereotypes, and reflect the complexity of belief in today’s world?
    Peter White, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026
  • He's got to be one of the most amazing storytellers that way.
    Martha Teichner, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Lumet — himself a serious theater creature who shared an ethical bent with the twentieth century’s great American playwrights — specialized in movies about little guys’ going up against the system.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Hartford Stage announced a lineup for its 2026-27 season on Friday that continues the theater’s recent fascination with horror fiction, classic world drama, great American playwrights and new works.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • More than 80 years later, writers, creators, and fabulists in dark corners of the internet are still imagining ways and worlds where Hitler’s genes somehow survived.
    Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Many people do not know when LLMs are lying to them, which is unsurprising given that the chatbots are very convincing fabulists, serving up slop with unflappable confidence to their unsuspecting audience.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • After discovering secret letters between two Victorian poets, academics Roland and Maud set out to untangle a literary mystery.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The greatest of coaches, including Indiana’s own John Wooden, would quote Riley, among other poets and writers, in his UCLA practices.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
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