satirize

• satirise

From satire +‎ -ize.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsatɪrʌɪz/

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satirize (third-person singular simple present satirizes, present participle satirizing, simple past and past participle satirized)

1. (transitive) To make a satire of; to mock.
   • 1910, Charles Shirley Potts, Crime and the treatment of the criminal: Issue 8:

     Classic writers are prone to satirize women lashingly, but Jonson's satire is different.

   • 1979 August 5, Judith A. Handelman, “Play From the 50's ‘Premieres’”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Nat Habib, the producer‐director at the Scarsdale theater, says that “Flahooley,” which satirizes big business, was in part a victim of the McCarthyism of the times.

   • 2007 December 17, Daniel M. Gold, “The Early Years of Rock, Later Than Previously Thought”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     It occasionally suffers from the pontification so deservedly satirized in rockumentaries like This Is Spinal Tap.

   • 2009 September 12, Peter Howell, “Clooney at his funny best finds first-class isn't tops”, in Toronto Star‎^[3]:

     But Reitman, who also coscripted the film (with Sheldon Turner) from a novel by Walter Kirn, isn't interested in merely satirizing the existence of guys like Bingham.