Usually means: Humorous criticism of society, politics.
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  1. satires: Merriam-Webster
  2. satires: Collins English Dictionary
  3. satires: Vocabulary.com
  4. Satire's, Satires, satire's, satires: Wordnik
  5. satires: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. satires: Wiktionary
  7. satires: Dictionary.com
  8. Satires (Horace), Satires (Juvenal), Satires (disambiguation), Satires: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Satires: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Satires: Legal dictionary

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  1. Satires: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (satire)

noun:  (uncountable) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change or highlighting a shortcoming in the work of another. Imitation, humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
noun:  (countable) A satirical work.
noun:  (uncountable, dated) Severity of remark.
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