satire

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

Translation

n. isang akda ng panitikan o sining na gumagamit ng katatawanan, ironiya, o pangungutya upang ilantad at kritikal ang mga bisyo o kabalbalan ng mga tao.
Word Forms
Pluralsatires

Example Sentences

a stinging satire on American politics.

Isang nakakasakit na satire sa politika ng Amerika.

(on, upon) a scathing satire on sb.

(sa, nasa) isang nakakabigat na satire sa isang tao.

his biting satire on corruption and power.

Ang kanyang nakakasakit na satire sa korapsyon at kapangyarihan.

a satire entitled ‘The Rise of the Meritocracy’.

isang satira na pinamagatang ‘The Rise of the Meritocracy’.

Satire is often a form of protest against injustice.

Ang satire ay madalas na isang anyo ng pagprotesta laban sa kawalan ng katarungan.

The movie is a clever satire on the advertising industry.

Ang pelikula ay isang matalinong satire sa industriya ng pagpapatalastas.

Some of Aesop's Fables are satires.

Ang ilan sa mga Pabula ni Aesop ay mga satira.

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

Hinahawakan ng satire na may pinong pangungutya ang bawat uri ng pagpapanggap ng tao.

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

Ang satire ay isang malungkot at introspektibong trabaho, sapagkat walang makapaglalarawan ng isang hangal sa buhay nang walang maraming mapagpasensyang self-inspection.

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

Pangalawa, ang nakatagong matalas na punto ng mapagbiro na pananalita ay nagpapahayag ng satire at panunuya ng nobelista sa nakakaaliw na konteksto.

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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