Satire is a way of criticizing people, ideas, or society by using humor, irony, or exaggeration. It often makes serious points by making us laugh or feel uncomfortable.
From Latin *satura (lanx)*, meaning 'full (dish)', a medley or mixture, which came to refer to a type of writing filled with various elements, often mocking or critical. It is not related to *Satyr*, the mythological creature, despite the similar spelling.
Satire didn’t start as 'funny criticism' but as a 'mixed dish' of different elements, like a literary stew. Only later did that mixture turn into sharp, humorous attack. The word itself reminds you that good satire blends flavors—jokes, truth, discomfort—into one bite.
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