Dictionary![]() ![]() sat•irePronunciation: (sat'īur), [key] —n. 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. 2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. 3. a literary genre comprising such compositions. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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