satirist

UK: /ˈsætɪrɪst/ US: /ˈsætərɪst/ ,(sat′ər ist)

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sat•i•rist  (sat′ər ist), n. 

1. a writer of satires.
2. one who indulges in satire.

• satire + -ist 1580–90

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satirist / ˈsætərɪst/ noun

1. a person who writes satire
2. a person given to the use of satire

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sat•ire /ˈsætaɪr/   n. 

1. [uncountable] the use of ridicule to show someone's foolishness, weakness, etc.
2. Literature [countable] a piece of writing or a performance using this.

sa•tir•i•cal /səˈtɪrɪkəl/  adj. 
sat•i•rist /ˈsætərɪst/  n. [countable] See -sat-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

sat•ire  (sat′ī^ər), n. 

1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
2. Literature a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
3. Literature a literary genre comprising such compositions.

• Latin satira, variant of satura medley, perh. feminine derivative of satur sated (see saturate)
• 1500–10

Synonyms

• 1. See irony ¹.
• 2, 3. burlesque, caricature, parody, travesty.
  Satire, lampoon refer to literary forms in which vices or follies are ridiculed.
  Satire, the general term, often emphasizes the weakness more than the weak person, and usually implies moral judgment and corrective purpose:
  Swift's satire of human pettiness and bestiality.
  Lampoon refers to a form of satire, often political or personal, characterized by the malice or virulence of its attack:
  lampoons of the leading political figures.