satirical commentary

collocation in English

meaningsofsatiricalandcommentary

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satirical
adjective
uk
/səˈtɪr.ɪ.kəl/us
/səˈtɪr.ɪ.kəl/
criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way, especially in order to make a ...
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commentary
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒm.ən.tər.i/us
/ˈkɑː.mən.ter.i/
a spoken description of an event on the radio or television that is broadcast as the ...
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(Definition ofsatiricalandcommentaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Based on the autobiography of an eighteenth-century courtesan, the piece was asatiricalcommentaryon material excess.
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The novel contains a great deal ofsatiricalcommentaryon gender identities, multinational capitalism, and postmodern thought.
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In the former, a company of beetle spies is sent among the red antstheir travel offers a setting forsatiricalcommentary.
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It set the tone for the type of comedy she would be known for: bitingsatiricalcommentaryon popular culture, celebrity, and politics.
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Page's artwork continued to develop an overtly biting andsatiricalcommentaryon cultural pretensions.
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Culture jamming sometimes entails transforming mass media to produce ironic orsatiricalcommentaryabout itself, using the original medium's communication method.
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Containing mockery andsatiricalcommentaryon the life and antics of its subject, the poem itself has variously been described as bawdy and licentious.
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Though predominantly consisting of serious news content, the programme is known for occasionalsatiricalcommentary, both from the presenters and in letters from listeners.
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There is a lot of humor andsatiricalcommentaryin the dialog and how they each describe the relationship to outside parties.
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The finished result wassatiricalcommentaryon civil engineering.
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She has become best known for her satirical commentaries on the limitations of modern corporate culture.
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His written often satirical commentaries have appeared in newspapers throughout the country.
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