Get to know Satiric better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like satirical or sarcastic.
Satiric meaning
Of or pertaining to satire.
Using Satiric
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to satire.
- Useful related words include: satirical, sarcastic.
- In the example corpus, satiric often appears in combinations such as: of satiric, satiric effect, satiric version.
Context around Satiric
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Satiric
- In this selection, "satiric" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, topical, prominent, new, comics, effect and stand stand out and add context to how "satiric" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bitingly satiric sermon el and between the satiric voice of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "satiric" sits close to words such as abadi, abdelaziz and absolutist, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with satiric
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bradley (2005), chapter 8 Many comedians have used Pinafore songs for comic and satiric effect. (15 words)
Bradley, p. 357 Gilbert had targeted the aristocracy and political officials for satiric treatment in earlier works. (17 words)
Novelists such as Charles Dickens often used passages of satiric writing in their treatment of social issues. (17 words)
No spoilers, but what screenwriters Gary Ross, who also directed (as he did ), and Olivia Milch do with Daphne’s character plays with assumption about famous women, especially women famous for being beautiful in public, to marvelous satiric effect. (39 words)
Satiric expression took place in the public sphere and spoke from a position of public opinion-that is, from a position of the nations expressing a political voice and making claims on its government representatives and leadership. (37 words)
He had already made his first short film, The Famous Comedians School, a satiric short and an early example of the mockumentary subgenre that appeared on the PBS show The Great American Dream Machine in 1972. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Other satiric-comics magazines Following the success of Mad, other black-and-white magazines of topical, satiric comics began to be published.
Prominent satiric stand-up comedian George Carlin acknowledged the influence The Realist had in his 1970s conversion to a satiric comedian.
Originally a slight against Irish-American women lacking the broad shoulders to carry baskets of wet seaweed, “narrowback” gains new satiric self-awareness with this all-male American band playing Irish tunes.
The entire movie is filled with ironic humor, not the kind that seeks belly-laughs but goes for more subtle, satiric notes.
No spoilers, but what screenwriters Gary Ross, who also directed (as he did ), and Olivia Milch do with Daphne’s character plays with assumption about famous women, especially women famous for being beautiful in public, to marvelous satiric effect.
An initial, sharply satiric version was rejected by Robert Dodsley, the London printer, just when Sterne's personal life was upset.
At this point, Crowther suggests, the logic of Gilbert's satiric argument should result in Ralph's arrest.
Bradley (2005), chapter 8 Many comedians have used Pinafore songs for comic and satiric effect.
Bradley, p. 357 Gilbert had targeted the aristocracy and political officials for satiric treatment in earlier works.
Censorship and criticism of satire Descriptions of satire's biting effect on its target include 'venomous', 'cutting', 'stinging', Kinservik, Matthew J. (2002) Disciplining Satire: The Censorship of Satiric Comedy on the Eighteenth..
Classifications of satire Satire is a diverse genre which is complex to classify and define, with a wide range of satiric "modes".
He had already made his first short film, The Famous Comedians School, a satiric short and an early example of the mockumentary subgenre that appeared on the PBS show The Great American Dream Machine in 1972.
His images of sickness, vomit, manure, and plague reflected his strongly satiric view of a world populated by all the fools and knaves of England.
It developed on talk.origins into a satiric parody religion with a catechism ; citation other postings started the " heretical " splinter groups Last Wednesdayism and Last Fridayism.
It includes a raucous procession of floats and dancers lampooning current events or public figures and a bitingly satiric sermon (el sermo) delivered by the King himself.
Not surprisingly, heated public controversy surrounded satiric commentary, resulting in an outright ban on political satire in 1835 (.
Novelists such as Charles Dickens often used passages of satiric writing in their treatment of social issues.
Other representation Other usage * "K" replacing "C" in Satiric misspelling * K is the unit symbol for the Kelvin temperature scale.
Phiddian stresses that a reader of the pamphlet must learn to distinguish between the satiric voice of Jonathan Swift and the apparent economic projections of the Proposer.
Satiric expression took place in the public sphere and spoke from a position of public opinion-that is, from a position of the nations expressing a political voice and making claims on its government representatives and leadership.
Common combinations with satiric
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of satiric 3×
- satiric effect 2×
- satiric version 2×
- and satiric 2×
- the satiric 2×