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# satire

«satire» in Mova's school dictionary: **a way of writing, drawing or performing that uses humour…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (satire, satires)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Satire is a way of writing, drawing or performing that uses humour, exaggeration or mockery to show that people, especially powerful people, are silly or wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satire/#m1)

2) A satire is a story, play or cartoon that does this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satire/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in older reading and media lessons: cartoons in newspapers and comedy shows that make fun of politicians. Gulliver's Travels and Animal Farm are famous satires. Media literacy: a satire website writes made-up funny news, so do not believe it as real news.

### examples

- The cartoon is a satire of the government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satire/#x1)
- Animal Farm is a satire about power. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satire/#x2)
- Some news websites are satire, so the stories are not real. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satire/#x3)
- Satire uses humour to show something is wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satire/#x4)
- The play was a funny satire of school life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satire/#x5)
- Check if a story is satire before you share it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satire/#x6)
- The defendant replied with satire as keen, while the audience laughed, and gave their verdict. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satire/#x7)

### note

Adjective: satirical. A satirist writes satire. Not the same as "satyr" (a mythical creature). Satire is a trap online: it can look like real news.

### In the corpora

- [Some sites, like The Onion, write satire: made-up news as a joke.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust/4/)
- [People have laughed at leaders for hundreds of years, with cartoons, impressions and fake news shows called satire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians/2/)
- [Satire is a joke that copies the style of news, like the made-up headlines on The Onion or The Beaverton.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/31-propaganda-and-fake-news/11/)
- [Satire is a joke that copies the style of news, like The Onion in the USA or The Beaverton in Canada.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «satire» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satire/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.