satirist
noun
sat·i·rist
ˈsa-tə-rist 
Examples of satirist in a Sentence
social satirists of the American Dream
the great British satirist, Jonathan Swift
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Since his brief stint with the band Fleet Foxes, Tillman has built out existential concept records that span folk, big-band jazz, soft rock, and indie pop, with a satirist’s eye for the disturbingly absurd.
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The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
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The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
Jules Feiffer, a cartoonist, author, playwright, and political satirist who documented and defined a particular strain of 20th century Jewish-American experience in a career that extended over nine decades since the 1940s, died today at his home in upstate New York.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Trump’s win or loss doesn’t change our job as political satirists: to jump down the throat of what government is and isn’t doing right.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Ladbroke's, in London…The Committee, a smart little group who do a revue of often funny, frozen improvisations, smashing head-on into politics…The wily, eighteenth-century satirist.
—Vogue, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Satirist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satirist. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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satirist
noun
sat·i·rist
ˈsat-ə-rəst
: a person who satirizes
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