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- noun
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- a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision [Princeton Review]
- attacking foolish or wicked behaviour by making fun of it, often by using sarcasm and parody [Barron]
- a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn [Taisha]
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