Usually means: Humor critiquing society or politics.
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We found 39 dictionaries that define the word satire:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. satire: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. satire: Merriam-Webster
  3. satire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. satire: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. satire: Collins English Dictionary
  6. satire: Vocabulary.com
  7. Satire, satire: Wordnik
  8. satire: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. satire: Wiktionary
  10. satire: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. satire: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. satire: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. satire: Dictionary.com
  14. satire: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. satire: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Satire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Satire: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. satire: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. satire: Rhymezone
  20. Satire (f), satire, satire (de), satire (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. satire: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. satire: FreeDictionary.org
  23. satire: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. satire: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Satire: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. satire: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. satire: Global Glossary
  3. Satire: Glossary of English Grammar Terms
  4. Literary Criticism (No longer online)
  5. Satire: Literary Terms
  6. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)
  7. SATIRE: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. satire: Legal dictionary

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  1. satire: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SATIRE: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. satire: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See satires as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change or highlighting a shortcoming in the work of another. Imitation, humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
noun:  (countable) A satirical work.
noun:  (uncountable, dated) Severity of remark.

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