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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
James Thurber

Meaning of "satirist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SATIRIST

satirist  [ˈsætərɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SATIRIST

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verb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Satirist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SATIRIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

satirist

Satire

Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government or society itself, into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon and as a tool to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society. A feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm—"in satire, irony is militant"—but parody, burlesque, exaggeration, juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. This "militant" irony or sarcasm often professes to approve of the very things the satirist wishes to attack. Satire is nowadays found in many artistic forms of expression, including literature, plays, commentary, television shows, and media such as lyrics.

Definition of satirist in the English dictionary

The definition of satirist in the dictionary is a person who writes satire. Other definition of satirist is a person given to the use of satire.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SATIRIST


antimilitarist
ˌæntɪˈmɪlɪtərɪst
coleopterist
ˌkɒlɪˈɒptərɪst
computerist
kəmˈpjuːtərɪst
detectorist
dɪˈtɛktərɪst
documentarist
ˌdɒkjʊˈmɛntərɪst
lepidopterist
ˌlɛpɪˈdɒptərɪst
militarist
ˈmɪlɪtərɪst
monetarist
ˈmʌnɪtərɪst
motorist
ˈməʊtərɪst
neoterist
nɪˈɒtərɪst
neuropterist
njʊˈrɒptərɪst
nonmonetarist
ˌnɒnˈmʌnɪtərɪst
orthopterist
ɔːˈθɒptərɪst
preterist
ˈpretərɪst
Redemptorist
rɪˈdɛmptərɪst
sanitarist
ˈsænɪtərɪst
scooterist
ˈskuːtərɪst
trichopterist
traɪˈkɒptərɪst
utterest
ˈʌtərɪst
voluntarist
ˈvɒləntərɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SATIRIST

satiny
satire
satiric
satirical
satirically
satiricalness
satirisable
satirisation
satirise
satiriser
satirizable
satirization
satirize
satirizer
satisfaction
satisfactorily
satisfactoriness
satisfactory
satisfiable
satisfice

WORDS THAT END LIKE SATIRIST

a slap on the wrist
Antichrist
Christ
Eucharist
florist
guitarist
humorist
Jesus Christ
jurist
memoirist
naturist
optometrist
plein-airist
podiatrist
psychiatrist
spagirist
terrorist
theorist
tourist
wrist

Synonyms and antonyms of satirist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «satirist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SATIRIST

Find out the translation of satirist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of satirist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «satirist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

讽刺作家
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

satírico
570 millions of speakers

English

satirist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्यंग्यकार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الساخر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сатирик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

satírico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিদ্রুপাত্মক সহিত্য-রচয়িতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

écrivain satirique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Satiris
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Satiriker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

風刺作家
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

풍자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Satirist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người châm biếm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நையாண்டித்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यंगचित्रकार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hicivci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

satirico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

satyryk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сатирик
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

satiric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σατιρικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

satirikus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

satirist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

satiriker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of satirist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SATIRIST»

The term «satirist» is regularly used and occupies the 97.508 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SATIRIST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about satirist

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10 QUOTES WITH «SATIRIST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word satirist.
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Roger Avary
Bret Easton Ellis is a social satirist; I consider myself aligned with how he does things. Bret doesn't write about that which he loves about the world, he writes about what disgusts him. You'd be a disturbed individual if you came out and said, 'I love these characters'.
2
Richie Benaud
Rory Bremner I have no problem with; he is a satirist, and a very funny one, too.
3
Rory Bremner
In a more intellectually rigorous age, I wouldn't be talked about as a satirist at all. I would just be a topical comedian.
4
Stephen Colbert
I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin.
5
Stephen Colbert
I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin. If that ever happens, it's only because something happened during the interview that got me going, and then I had to translate my feelings to the mouth of the character.
6
Carl Hiaasen
There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'
7
David Low
Some critics of my work took the view that a satirist should defer to the finer feelings of his readers and respect widely held beliefs.
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John Dos Passos
A satirist is a man whose flesh creeps so at the ugly and the savage and the incongruous aspects of society that he has to express them as brutally and nakedly as possible in order to get relief.
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Shel Silverstein
He has the obligation to society that any human being has. I don't think a satirist has any greater obligation to society than a bricklayer or anybody else.
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James Thurber
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SATIRIST»

Discover the use of satirist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to satirist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gellius the Satirist: Roman Cultural Authority in Attic Nights
Noting previously unrecognised allusions to literary works and contemporary events, this book presents an original portrait of the miscellanist Aulus Gellius ("Attic Nights") as a satirical writer and a Roman intellectual working within the ...
Wytse Hette Keulen, 2009
2
Karl Kraus, Apocalyptic Satirist: Culture and Catastrophe in ...
This is a fascinating study of the life and work of Karl Kraus, brilliant Austrian writer, satirist and personality of fin de siecle Vienna.
Edward Timms, 1989
3
Heine: The Tragic Satirist
In this edition, which was originally published in 1961, Dr Prawer follows his study of the Buch der Lieder with a full-length study of the later works of Heine.
S. S. Prawer, Siegbert Salomon Prawer, 1961
4
The Satirist: America's Most Critical Book
"Enjoy this hilarious collection of satires, reviews, news, poems, and short stories from The Satirist: America's Most Critical Journal."--P. [4] of cover.
Dan Geddes, 2012
5
Swift as Priest and Satirist
The essays in this volume cover four broad categories: (1) Essays that historicize his relationship to the Church of Ireland and to the bruising world of eighteenth-century theological discourse in general. (2) Essays that examine how Swift ...
Todd C. Parker, 2009
6
Christina Stead, Satirist
Christina Stead, regarded as one of Australia's finest novelists (1902-83) lived most of her life overseas.
Anne Pender, 2002
7
The Satirist
Leonard Feinberg. "a recorder of natural history" with exceptionally good vision, Bernard Shaw recalled that he had gone to see his oculist and had been told that he had "normal" vision. Inasmuch as normal vision is possessed by only about ...
Leonard Feinberg, 1963
8
Spatial Representation in Juvenal's "Satires": Rome and the ...
character types serve to address the satirist's poetic authority on several levels. First, they draw the satirist's narrative gaze to a location within Rome. The monkey's mock-epic performance on an embankment within Rome represents the ...
Osman Sami Umurhan, 2008
9
Alexander Pope as satirist and commentator on his society
In the following essay I will examine the way Alexander Pope comments on society while referring to his essay An Essay on Man.
Reni Ernst, 2008
10
David Foster: The Satirist of Australia
The book also examines Foster's letters to Geoffrey Dutton early in his career; his interviews and essays provide some of the background to these novels. The book also furnishes a sense of the Australian context for his work.
Susan Lever, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SATIRIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term satirist is used in the context of the following news items.
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Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef's dad died today, here's how …
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef's father died tragically over the weekend, as we learned earlier today. The star posted this tweet on Sarturday night annoucing ... «Al-Bawaba, May 15»
2
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef to host Int'l Emmy Awards
NEW YORK - Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef has been chosen to host the 2015 International Emmy Awards Gala in New York in November. Youssef became ... «Worcester Telegram, May 15»
3
Egypt satirist Bassem Youssef on revolutions, superheroes and spies
His journey began four years ago as a doctor at the protests against Hosni Mubarak, before he started making satirical YouTube videos in his home. «BBC News, Apr 15»
4
Prominent satirist and playwright Arkady Arkanov dies in Moscow
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has expressed condolences on the death of satirist and playwright Arkady Arkanov who died in Moscow on Sunday at ... «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Mar 15»
5
Satire is no joke for Egypt's Jon Stewart
But now, Bassem Youssef -- Egypt's most famous satirist known as his ... you to continue a political satire show," Youssef told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an ... «CNN, Mar 15»
6
Lebanese satirist questioned over 'insulting Islam'
A Lebanese satirist has appeared before a prosecutor in Beirut after being accused by the country's top Sunni religious authority of insulting Islam. An image ... «BBC News, Feb 15»
7
Ecuadorean Satirist Halts Jokes After Death Threats
QUITO, Ecuador — An Ecuadorean satirist whose biting online political humor provoked the ire of President Rafael Correa announcing on Friday that he's ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
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Egypt's Bassem Youssef Becomes Daily Show's New Middle East …
Bassem Youssef, the satirist known to most Americans as Egypt's Jon Stewart, is no longer able to produce his Daily Show-like program in Cairo due to threats ... «Mediaite, Feb 15»
9
A Nigerian satirist takes a sobering approach to measles, Ebola
Normally Nigerian author Elnathan John is full of witty remarks and one-liners. But in an interview, he was dead serious about measles and Ebola. «PRI, Feb 15»
10
Popular Egypt satirist takes a fellowship post at Harvard
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's most popular satirist Bassem Youssef joined Harvard's Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government as a resident ... «Yahoo News, Feb 15»

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