satirists

noun

plural of satirist
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as in parodists

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  1. impressionists
  2. storytellers
  3. playwrights
  4. fabulists
  5. screenwriters
  6. poets
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
Definition of impressionists
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  • Both films came from digital-native storytellers in their 20s who arrived with sizable online followings already attached.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • As the wealth gap yawns ever wider, this has become a favorite question for storytellers to explore.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026
Definition of storytellers
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  • Inspired by Shakespeare and other great playwrights, his mini-series Fadia deals with honor killings, that darkest of topics, while saying plenty more about society.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 July 2026
  • The local trend has continued, bolstered by new adaptations by popular playwrights such as Jeffrey Hatcher or Ken Ludwig.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
Definition of playwrights
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  • The Dowd Voicers are either clueless about the facts or, like their hero Trump, are simply fabulists making up numbers to suit their biased narrative.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
  • 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
Definition of fabulists
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  • The second edition of Pitch Talent, organized with the screenwriting labs IsLABentura Canarias, CIMA Impulsa and DAMA Ayuda, will showcase emerging screenwriters and creatives selected by each lab, joined by Mallorcan screenwriter-director Ferrán Bex.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 11 May 2026
Definition of screenwriters
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  • Guest & host… The language of these kinds of poets, who engage in the exchange between guest & ghost, between revenge & grief, are tremulous inhabitations of the yodel.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • Many American poets have written hymns and howls, declarations and outcries for this country that brims with so many people, and so many hopes, from all over the world.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 4 July 2026
Definition of poets
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