Satire

//ˈsætaɪɹ//

Synonyms for "satire" (154 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Noun(1 words)
caustic remark

Strong matches (46)

Noun(1 words)
irony

Related words (77)

Noun(2 words)
poesarcasm

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Translations

84 translations across 65 languages.

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Afrikaans

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  • satire noun (literary technique)

Albanian

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  • satirë noun (literary technique)

Arabic

2 entries
  • هَجْو noun (literary technique)
  • هِجَاء noun (literary technique)

Armenian

2 entries
  • երգիծաբանություն noun (literary technique)
  • երգիծանք noun (literary technique)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • gülgü noun (literary technique)
  • həcv noun (literary technique)
  • satira noun (literary technique)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • саты́ра noun (literary technique)

Bulgarian

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  • са́тира noun (literary technique)

Burmese

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  • သရော်စာ noun (literary technique)

Catalan

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  • sàtira noun (literary technique)

Chinese

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  • 諷刺 /讽刺 noun (literary technique)

Chinese Cantonese

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  • 諷刺 /讽刺 noun (literary technique)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 諷刺 /讽刺 noun (literary technique)

Czech

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  • satira noun (literary technique)

Danish

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  • satire noun (literary technique)

Dutch

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  • satire noun (literary technique)

Esperanto

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  • satiro noun (literary technique)

Estonian

1 entries
  • satiir noun (literary technique)

Finnish

1 entries
  • satiiri noun (literary technique)

French

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  • satire noun (literary technique)

Georgian

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  • სატირა noun (literary technique)

German

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  • Satire noun (literary technique)

Greek

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  • σάτιρα noun (literary technique)

Haitian Creole

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  • satir noun (literary technique)

Hebrew

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  • סָטִירָה \ סאטירה noun (literary technique)

Hindi

3 entries
  • उपसाह noun (literary technique)
  • कटूपहास noun (literary technique)
  • व्यंग noun (literary technique)

Hungarian

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  • szatíra noun (literary technique)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • háðsádeila noun (literary technique)
  • satíra noun (literary technique)

Irish

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  • aoir noun (literary technique)

Italian

2 entries
  • satira noun (literary technique)
  • satirica noun (literary technique)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 皮肉 noun (literary technique)
  • 風刺 noun (literary technique)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • сатира noun (literary technique)
  • сықақ noun (literary technique)

Korean

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  • 풍자 noun (literary technique)

Kyrgyz

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  • сатира noun (literary technique)

Latvian

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  • satīra noun (literary technique)

Lithuanian

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  • satyra noun (literary technique)

Macedonian

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  • сатира noun (literary technique)

Malay

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  • satira noun (literary technique)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • хошигнол noun (literary technique)
  • хошин noun (literary technique)

Māori

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  • kōrero whakarōrā noun (literary technique)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • satire noun (literary technique)

Ossetian

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  • сатирӕ noun (literary technique)

Pashto

2 entries
  • طنز noun (literary technique)
  • هجوه noun (literary technique)

Persian

2 entries
  • طنز noun (literary technique)
  • هجو noun (literary technique)

Polish

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  • satyra noun (literary technique)

Portuguese

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  • sátira noun (literary technique)

Romanian

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  • satiră noun (literary technique)

Russian

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  • сати́ра noun (literary technique)

Scottish Gaelic

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  • aoir noun (literary technique)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • sàtira noun (literary technique)
  • са̀тира noun (literary technique)

Slovak

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  • satira noun (literary technique)

Slovene

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  • satira noun (literary technique)

Spanish

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  • sátira noun (literary technique)

Swahili

1 entries
  • tashtiti noun (literary technique)

Swedish

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  • satir noun (literary technique)

Tagalog

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  • satira noun (literary technique)

Tajik

2 entries
  • танз noun (literary technique)
  • ҳаҷв noun (literary technique)

Thai

1 entries
  • การเสียดสี noun (literary technique)

Turkish

2 entries
  • hiciv noun (literary technique)
  • yergi noun (literary technique)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • satira noun (literary technique)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • сати́ра noun (literary technique)

Urdu

2 entries
  • طنز noun (literary technique)
  • ہجو noun (literary technique)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ساتىرا noun (literary technique)
  • ھەجۋە noun (literary technique)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • hajv noun (literary technique)
  • satira noun (literary technique)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • châm biếm noun (literary technique)

Volapük

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  • satir noun (literary technique)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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He was not aware that the praise was a satire in disguise.

Source: tatoeba (46248)

The play is a satire on the political world.

Source: tatoeba (48429)

I don't want to write satire. However, satire is often the result.

Source: tatoeba (1102712)

"Gulliver's Travels" is all satire, in fact, his voyages never take him out of England.

Source: tatoeba (1750155)

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