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Satire: meaning, tone, and examples in English

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Use satire for a work or comment that criticizes people, ideas, or institutions through comic or indirect techniques. Its tone may be playful, dry, sharp, or uncomfortable, depending on the target and purpose.

The cartoon is a satire on the company's habit of announcing solutions before it understands the problem.
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