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  • 1satire — ► NOUN 1) the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people s stupidity or vices. 2) a play, novel, etc. using satire. 3) (in Latin literature) a literary miscellany, especially a poem ridiculing prevalent vices… …

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  • 2satire — [[t]sæ̱taɪə(r)[/t]] satires 1) N UNCOUNT Satire is the use of humour or exaggeration in order to show how foolish or wicked some people s behaviour or ideas are. The commercial side of the Christmas season is an easy target for satire. 2) N COUNT …

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  • 3satire — UK [ˈsætaɪə(r)] / US [ˈsæˌtaɪr] noun Word forms satire : singular satire plural satires literature a) [uncountable] the use of humour to criticize someone or something and make them seem silly political/social satire b) [countable] a play, book,… …

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  • 4satire — sat|ire [ sæ,taır ] noun uncount the use of humor to criticize someone or something and make them seem silly: political/social satire a. count a play, book, movie, etc. that uses this humor: His latest book is a biting satire on modern… …

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  • 5satire — [ satʌɪə] noun 1》 the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people s stupidity or vices. 2》 a play, novel, etc. using satire.     ↘(in Latin literature) a literary miscellany, especially a poem ridiculing… …

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  • 6satire — [ˈsætaɪə] noun 1) [U] the use of humour to criticize someone or something and make them seem silly 2) [C] a play, book, film etc that uses this humour …

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  • 7Terence MacMahon Hughes — Terence McMahon Hughes o Terence Mahon Hughes, (Newry, 1812 1849), escritor, viajero, hispanista y lusitanista angloirlandés del siglo XIX. Biografía Recibió una excelente educación y aprendió bien el latín, el griego, el alemán, el portugués y… …

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  • 8satirize — [sat′ərīz΄] vt. satirized, satirizing [Fr satiriser] to attack, ridicule, or criticize with satire satirizer n …

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  • 9satirist — satire ► NOUN 1) the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people s stupidity or vices. 2) a play, novel, etc. using satire. 3) (in Latin literature) a literary miscellany, especially a poem ridiculing prevalent… …

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  • 10Augustan prose — is somewhat ill defined, as the definition of Augustan relies primarily upon changes in taste in poetry. However, the general time represented by Augustan literature saw a rise in prose writing as high literature. The essay, satire, and dialogue… …

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