Assertion: sarcasm | /r/CapableOf | use irony
Facets:
value: to deride needful change
type: PURPOSE
value: to deliver the wound
type: PURPOSE
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: as in satire
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: As in satire, sarcasm uses irony and mockery, but, unlike satire, it is done more roughly and brazenly.
text: Satire, which uses irony to gently deride and prompt needful change, can be appropriate on occasion; we have examples of satire in Scripture.
text: In the Wiki world I read that irony can be sarcasm and that sarcasm uses irony.
text: Sarcasm is saying something cutting or intended to hurt, often using irony to deliver the wound.
text: Satire, which uses irony to gently deride and prompt needful change, can be appropriate on occasion; we have examples of satire in Scripture.