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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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pasquinade

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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
  • Sacks produced the satire Thank You for Smoking and Daliland.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Staples turns that set-up into a hilarious and slightly surreal satire about the challenges facing Black entrepreneurs.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of satire
Verb
  • The film clearly parodies Hollywood stereotypes and the movie-making process, blending humor with absurd situations.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Another creator parodied the TikToks of people blaming Younger for their kitchen woes, posing with a baking dish of uncooked pasta covered in flour.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of parody
Verb
  • Before politicians were memed on the Internet, they were satirized in political cartoons printed in newspapers and magazines.
    Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Through his protagonist, de Assis satirizes the foppishness and cruelty of the 19th century's slave-owning white elites.
    The Week US, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of satirize
Verb
  • 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
  • As is human nature, the two sides caricature each other and try to demonize each other.
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
Definition of caricature
Verb
  • During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump often mocked Macron, imitating his accent and threatening to impose steep tariffs on wine and champagne bottles shipped to the U.S. if France tried to tax American companies.
    SYLVIE CORBET, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Tens of thousands of social media users mocked the death of the health insurance CEO and showed little sympathy after the killing.
    Holly Yan, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of mock
Verb
  • The term was coined retroactively by the creators of a 2005–2010 web series called Yacht Rock, which lovingly lampooned the sound and the artists responsible for crafting it.
    Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Netflix on social media acknowledged the problems, which were lampooned by X users who posted heavily pixelated videos purported to be the match.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of lampoon
Verb
  • Utzon’s lead role drastically changed in 1965, when Robert Askin, who had frequently ridiculed the project’s design, cost overruns, and delays, was elected as the new premier of New South Wales.
    Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But instead of reciprocating, Lila told him to get away from her and started ridiculing him.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 5 Dec. 2024
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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