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satire
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The idea of reconquest was deftly satirized by Jim Lehrer in the 1966 novel Viva Max, made into a film with Peter Ustinov, which imagined a bored Mexican general marching troops to San Antonio and retaking the Alamo.†
Chpt 5

standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
Recently La Cucaracha has emerged as the title and chief character, a human-size cockroach, of a satirical cartoon strip syndicated in more than sixty American newspapers.†
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Inspired by Jane Austen's novel Emma, Heckerling deftly satirized the speech and lifestyle of rich teens in Los Angeles.†
Chpt 7

standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
That is apparent in the language, as is the satirical send-up of it.†
Chpt 8

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