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noun

ˌpa-skwə-ˈnād How to pronounce pasquinade (audio)
Definition of pasquinadenext
as in satire
a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general a pasquinade of Washington society that features thinly disguised portraits of several political power brokers

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verb

as in to parody

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasquinade
  1. satire
  2. parody
  3. satirize
  4. caricature
  5. mock
  6. lampoon
  7. ridicule
  8. burlesque
Noun
  • Among its selections this spring is this 2001 satire that, considering climate change and our incoming administration, will probably still hit pretty hard.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The horror satire from French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat, in which Moore portrays a successful actress who attempts to reverse her aging process, also earned nominations for best motion picture musical or comedy, Margaret Qualley's supporting performance, directing and writing.
    Jack Smart, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of satire
Verb
  • Since original cast members John Candy and Joan Rivers have died, a Spaceballs sequel would probably have to get creative with casting as well (and perhaps even parody Carrie Fisher's posthumous performance in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker).
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The Coen brothers took their inspiration from the films of Preston Sturgess and Frank Capra, among others, but the intent was never to satirize or parody those films.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of parody
Verb
  • The comedy satirizes a stranger-than-fiction psychic government investigation that actually happened in the 1990s.
    Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
  • State of play: The alien invasion film directed by Trent Harris satirizes Utah's culture and religious history.
    Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of satirize
Verb
  • Critics have caricatured the Adams plan as a giveaway to developers that will let light and sky-stealing high-rises lord over lower-density housing, rendering neighborhoods unrecognizable.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Elegy thus belongs to an old and ignoble genre, one which caricatures the hillbilly for an audience’s titillation.
    Sarah Jones, Vulture, 15 July 2024
Definition of caricature
Verb
  • Former President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump, political rivals who have mocked each other for years, sat next to each other Thursday and talked for several minutes, even sharing a laugh.
    Bill Barrow, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Hogan briefly appeared to promote his Real American Beer brand and was instantly and overwhelmingly booed and mocked by the enormous crowd at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of mock
Verb
  • Dhillon, who attended a Trump fundraiser held by Sacks over the summer, has criticized Ivy League universities for failing to protect Jewish students, lampooned mask mandates, and filed lawsuits over stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, a new sitcom, English Teacher, gently lampoons the sometimes intimidating rules of correctness without offending anyone.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of lampoon
Verb
  • Apart from Musk’s most loyal sycophants, the build was almost universally ridiculed as the work of a complete novice.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Russia has repeatedly denied launching hybrid attacks against NATO, in many cases ridiculing the accusations, even though NATO officials say Moscow has set up a special directorate focused on carrying them out.
    Lara Jakes, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of ridicule
Verb
  • That song doesn’t belong in a film that promotes the era’s social fragmentation and repeats fatuous antagonisms — burlesqued by Melissa McCarthy playing the sea world’s villainous white-witch octopus Ursula.
    Armond White, National Review, 26 May 2023
  • The seeming callousness with which the dancers burlesque a fourteen-year-old’s death—the breezy way that the dance turns a killing into a sight gag—induces a shiver.
    Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2022
Definition of burlesque
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