satirist
noun
sat·i·rist
ˈsa-tə-rist 
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social satirists of the American Dream
the great British satirist, Jonathan Swift
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House Bill 1277 could have been written by the satirists at The Onion.
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Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 May 2025
Charlie Brooker, the mastermind behind Black Mirror, began his career as an edgy British satirist with a gift for skewering mainstream TV and a passionate love for video games.
—Martha Bayles, National Review, 15 May 2025
As beginnings go, the filmmaker offers up a hilarious theme-setting blind date that even a premier satirist like George Saunders would envy.
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Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 May 2025
Charlie Brooker, the mastermind behind Black Mirror, began his career as an edgy British satirist with a gift for skewering mainstream TV and a passionate love for video games.
—Martha Bayles, National Review, 15 May 2025
As beginnings go, the filmmaker offers up a hilarious theme-setting blind date that even a premier satirist like George Saunders would envy.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Greg Gutfeld, Fox News’s late-night satirist, scoffed at the idea that Mr. Newsom and Mr. Walz were trying to define masculinity for the Democratic Party.
—Laurel Rosenhall, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Satirist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satirist. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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satirist
noun
sat·i·rist
ˈsat-ə-rəst
: a person who satirizes
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