satire

satire

Utilisation de l'humour pour critiquer des personnes, des idées ou la société et en montrer les défauts.

En anglais simple : The use of humor to criticize people, ideas, or society and show their faults.

• The show uses satire to criticize politicians.
• Her writing combines satire with serious social criticism.
• Do you enjoy political satire?

Expressions courantes : political satire, social satire, use satire, literary satire

satire

Récit, pièce, film ou autre œuvre qui utilise l'humour pour critiquer son sujet.

En anglais simple : A story, play, film, or other work that uses humor to criticize its subject.

• The film is a satire of modern politics.
• She wrote a biting satire on university life.
• His early satires made fun of wealthy families.

Comment l'utiliser : satire on something (The novel is a satire on office life.); satire of something (The film is a satire of celebrity culture.)

Expressions courantes : a political satire, satire on something, satire of something