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What 18th-century satire famously targeted the inhumane treatment of Ireland's impoverished people?

satire

[sat-ahyuhr] / ˈsæt aɪər /


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Online, the appointment became fodder for political satire.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The satire earned only $8 million in the U.S. opening weekend, dampening the star’s best-actor prospects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Like them, you want the satire to make you feel smart, to make you feel like you’re one of the good guys?

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The satire from director Alejandro González Iñárritu about an impending climate change apocalypse has divided critics, yielding very mixed reviews.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Some brilliant satire on the decadent Old South being cast before the unaware swine in the Night of Joy audience.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Nearly all of Irving’s once-famous satires are unread today, though “Rip Van Winkle” lives on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

But Iannucci turned his attentions to political satires like The Thick of It, while Baynham was "poached by Sacha Baron Cohen" for Borat, Coogan recalls.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025

Unlike most post-“Parasite” satires, “Common Side Effects” encourages its viewers to think about its themes in new and mystifying ways.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025

There are satires on various forms of social media, YouTube channels and the metaverse.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023

Already worked up by the inflammatory satires of the poets Kab ibn Ashraf and Abu Uzd, these tribesmen, called "Habash," or Confederates, were enrolled in the ranks of the army raised by Abu Sufyan.

From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Etienne Dinet


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