satire

[US]/ˈsætaɪə(r)/
[UK]/ˈsætaɪər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. satiirinäytelmä, kirjallinen tai taiteellinen teos, joka käyttää huumoria, ironiaa tai pilkkaa paljastaakseen ja kritisoidakseen ihmisten paheita tai tyhmyyttä.
Word Forms
Pluralsatires

Example Sentences

a stinging satire on American politics.

piikikäs satiiri amerikkalaisesta politiikasta.

(on, upon) a scathing satire on sb.

kärkevä satiiri jstakusta.

his biting satire on corruption and power.

hänen pureva satiirinsa korruptiosta ja vallasta.

a satire entitled ‘The Rise of the Meritocracy’.

satira nimeltä 'Ansioiden nousu'.

Satire is often a form of protest against injustice.

Satira on usein protestin muoto epäoikeudenmukaisuutta vastaan.

The movie is a clever satire on the advertising industry.

Elokuva on ovela satiiri mainosalan parodia.

Some of Aesop's Fables are satires.

Osa Esopin satujen satiireja.

the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense.

satiiri koskettaa hienolla pilkalla kaikenlaista ihmisen teeskentelyä.

Satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.

Satira on yksinäinen ja sisäinen ammatti, koska kukaan ei voi kuvailla typeriä elävänä ilman paljon kärsivällistä itsetarkastelua.

Secondly, hidden sharp point of jocosity speech expresses novelist"s satire and jeer in amusing context.

Toiseksi, piilotettu, terävä sanaleikki ja puhe ilmaisevat kirjailijan satiiria ja ivallisuutta hauskassa kontekstissa.

Real-world Examples

I'm watching a great satire called Frankie.

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

So he thinks he's satirizing something that's already a satire?

Source: The Good Wife Season 5

Clayton Davis says McKay's satire is all too real.

Source: VOA Standard English Entertainment

This is a keen satire on those having blind faith in the eye.

Source: Selected Modern Chinese Essays 1

They screen flagged words, but cannot detect cultural nuance or satire.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The movie is a satire on the power struggle that follows Stalin's death.

Source: BBC Listening Collection February 2018

Oh, please don't forget. The " Onion" is satire.

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2020 Collection

Another Pegida cofounder described it a satire and said the movement would continue. Dina Numen reports.

Source: BBC Listening January 2015 Collection

This brilliant, rambling satires is written in a colloquiql style.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

As seen in what passed for scathing satire at the time.

Source: Vox opinion

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