perceived intellectual capacity the word perceived is being added to the phrase his perceived intellectual capacity is being satirized this is seen from one side redundant since intellectual capacity is always a perceived feature but assuming a divergence between perceived intellectual capacity and actual intellectual capacity semantically it is his actual intellectual capacity the one that is being satirized irregardless of it being high low average einstein intellectual capacity has also been satirized sometimes as high sometimes as being low satirized aprox ridicule you don't say for example instead of the play ridicules you the play ridicules the image we have of you