satirical

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US /səˈtɪɹɪkəl/
adj Freq #41078

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    exposing human folly to ridicule

    A persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine.

  2. 2
    adj

    Of, pertaining to, or connected with satire.

    Spitting Image was a famous satirical television program.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · exposing human folly to... satiric
2 adj · of, pertaining to, or... satiric

Etymology

From satire + -ical.

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