satirist

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Juvenal was a satirist, she says, not an objective reporter; he may have been wryly speculating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Because these portrayals are so acute and unsparing, Jhabvala is sometimes described as a satirist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

As attention spans keep getting whittled down, intellectually impish Romanian satirist Radu Jude continues to go longer and longer, his latest act of cinematic disobedience the nearly three-hour mythbuster “Dracula.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

American musician and satirist Tom Lehrer has died at the age of 97, according to US media reports.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2025

Now, he was a satirist, so he left it that way, and my father was, I guess I realized too late, a romantic, so he ended it another way.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman