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satire ['sætaɪə] n
gen. aoireadh (Yerkwantai); aoir (Yerkwantai)
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satire ['sætaɪə] n
lit. An attack on any idiocy or vice in the form of scathing humor, or a critique of what the author sees as dangerous religious, political, moral, or social standards. Satire is not solely written for entertainment purposes, but generally has an aim or agenda to present. Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels is an example of a satire.
SATIRE ['sætaɪə] abbr.
abbr., el. semi-automatic technical information retrieval
mil. semiautomatic technical information retrieval
tech., abbr. semiautomatic technical information retrieval system