satirizing

Definition of satirizingnext
present participle of satirize

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for satirizing
Verb
  • After an extended bit featuring host Nikki Glaser parodying Nicole Kidman’s AMC ads, a very loose Snoop Dogg introduced, for some reason, the award for best podcast.
    Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The scene came in a fictional segment parodying Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead in which Maggie defends her architectural talents after her daycare teacher punishes her for making beautiful structures from building blocks.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Continue reading … SKETCHY MOVE – 'Saturday Night Live' cuts skit offering tribute to Minnesotans, mocking ICE agent.
    , FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The unarmed, nonviolent citizens who have been following ICE agents, blowing whistles to alert people to their presence, even heckling and mocking them, are not just trying to impede their work.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • After outlining that corrupt deal, Du Bois dissects how scholarship sympathetic to the northern interests then rewrote Reconstruction’s history, turning the period into a fable of failure while caricaturing Black political leadership and widespread democratic participation.
    Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The temperature is rising in the Warner Bros Discovery chase, with key figures at Netflix and Paramount ridiculing the other companies’ merger proposals.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2026
  • But mostly, and kind of disturbingly, people enjoyed ridiculing it.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, previously said in a statement that accounts imitating other people go against their terms of service and are removed when flagged.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Broncos fans have rallied around their backup quarterback, with thousands of fans changing their social media avatars to a picture of Stidham’s face, photoshopped with sunglasses and headphones, imitating a LeBron James meme.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • By mimicking these parameters, Zhu created an AI model, dubbed TongTong, which exists in a virtual city with her own drives, motivations, and limited autonomy.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
  • So the team put it to the test, mimicking real-world treatment and wear and tear.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Throughout the conflict, The Free Press wrote from an unambiguously pro-Israeli point of view, deriding both pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and the coverage of the war in mainstream outlets, including this magazine.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The aftermath of a Clasico is always about crowning decisive winners and deriding significant losers.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The state is currently suing a host of pornography websites, which are subject to a similar age-verification law for adult-content providers, since location-spoofing software allowed Hoosiers to circumvent the websites' Indiana-wide blackout.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 15 Jan. 2026
  • This helps prevent criminals from hijacking phone numbers or spoofing calls and texts.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Satirizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satirizing. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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