Word: satire
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sat
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Definition: A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
Morphemes:
Affix: satire
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: satira
Language: la
Decoded: satira
PoS: Noun
Meaning: satire, a species of poetry, originally dramatic and afterwards didactic, peculiar to the Romans