satirize

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Recent Examples of satirize 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 The episode leaned into the comedy of satirizing all the tropes of parenthood, bringing the laughs to balance the extremely heavy and real conversations John and Jane were having throughout. Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024 Through the interview and its absurd aftermath, Khalifah satirizes the idea of telling your story as a noble or even politically effective pursuit. Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for satirize 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for satirize
Verb
  • Meanwhile, a new sitcom, English Teacher, gently lampoons the sometimes intimidating rules of correctness without offending anyone.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ dreams of a post-austerity Greece have been dismissed as impossible, and British Labour Party head Jeremy Corbyn has widely been lampooned since his appointment as unelectable due to his anti-austerity political platform.
    Andrea Mammone, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2015
Verb
  • It was parodied on Saturday Night Live in a sketch, starring Marcello Hernández’s Domingo, which has since gone viral with 15 million views on YouTube.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The song found another life in October, showing up in a viral Saturday Night Live sketch in which a group of bridesmaids led by Ariana Grande parodied it.
    EW.com, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Quad’s grievances spill over into her relationship with Heavenly, which ties into Heavenly and Quad mocking Sweet Tea on social media.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
  • But the result was an embarrassing 30-7 home loss in which Baker Mayfield mocked the entire Giants organization by doing DeVito’s touchdown symbol aggressively toward the crowd.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • More than 200,000 views later, people have shared their reactions in the comments, including their own experiences of mimicking young people.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Perhaps the most notable tribute to Trump has been players mimicking the president-elect's YMCA dance.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In the weeks after the video was posted, Lil Tae became a meme; people on TikTok imitated his voice in parodies, edited in Goku from Dragon Ball Z, and made a Roblox reenactment of the original video.
    Ben Dandridge-Lemco, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Lead professor on the study, Markus Paulus, chair of developmental psychology and educational psychology at LMU, said that imitating behavior is a big part of human culture and society.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Games with Black leads and characters were derided as forced.
    Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In past speeches derided the credits and pledged to eliminate them, though with Tesla CEO Elon Musk now being a close confident, that stance could soften by the time the president-elect takes office.
    Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Arkansas Razorbacks offensive lineman Fernando Carmona was ridiculed after video caught him stepping on the ankle of a Texas Tech player during the Liberty Bowl over the weekend.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • They’re regarded as a poor compromise between a sedan and an SUV that tend to do nothing particularly well, and are often ridiculed for selling the idea of off-road capability without actually possessing that capability.
    Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 30 Dec. 2024
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

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