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satire
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The Return of the Native
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In its venerable one coat lay a certain vein of satire on human vanity in clothes.†
Chpt 1 *
Well, these sad and hopeless obstacles are welcome in one sense, for they enable us to look with indifference upon the cruel satires that Fate loves to indulge in.†
Chpt 3
To Eustacia the situation seemed such a mockery of her hopes that death appeared the only door of relief if the satire of Heaven should go much further.†
Chpt 4
The moment then came when she could scarcely sit longer; and it was like a satire on her patience to remember that Clym could hardly have reached the inn as yet.†
Chpt 5
Thomasin murmured to herself, in a tone which was intended to be satirical.†
Chpt 6

Definitions:

(1) (satire as in: wrote a satire)
a way of making fun of people or ideas -- often through exaggeration
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
a skit, essay, play, film or other literary work that uses mocking humor -- often through exaggeration