Thesaurus results for SATIRIZE

satirize

verb

Definition of satirize

as in to lampoon

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Recent Examples of satirize Some Catholic groups have criticized the organization for satirizing and mocking the religion with provocative costumes. — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 29 May 2026 No doubt the real Silicon Valley will offer fresh horror for the show to satirize next season, but The Audacity is still searching for its groove. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 24 May 2026 Despite this decrease, the show has never been more popular and pointed, its famously off-the-cuff production schedule allowing Parker and Stone to respond to, and satirize, the world in nearly real time. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026 These self-aware comedies, each following women trying to leave their mark in Hollywood before their cachet expires, have satirized the business with cutting specificity. — Caroline Framke, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for satirize

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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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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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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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And besides, there’s a theory that, with the meow, the cats were evolving to imitate us.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
To make a famous ivory-navy-and-red bouclé suit worn by Coco herself, for example, the team used combs from Walmart to crosshatch the paint’s surface and added dollops of paint to imitate bouclé’s popcorn texture.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of imitate

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In an op-ed for Food & Wine last November, restaurateur John Winterman derided the book’s effect on guest behavior.

— Adam Reiner, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2026
Even the Barbie doll, while often derided for promoting an unhealthy body image for developing children, offered girls a glimpse of a different future than as a wife and mother, Kimmel argues.

— Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of deride

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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
Other would-be demonyms, such as Unisian, United Statesian and United Statian, were similarly ridiculed.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of ridicule

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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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