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| 6249324499 | Satire | a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. It intends to improve humanity by criticizing its follies and foibles. | 0 | |
| 6249331512 | Sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt. | 1 | |
| 6249333070 | Sardonic | grimly mocking or cynical | 2 | |
| 6249333071 | Parody | an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. | 3 | |
| 6249335822 | Mocking | making fun of someone or something in a cruel way; derisive. | 4 | |
| 6249335823 | Ridicule | the subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior. | 5 | |
| 6249337521 | Lampoon | publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm. | 6 | |
| 6249340001 | Caricature | a picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect. | 7 | |
| 6249341764 | Epigram | a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way. | 8 | |
| 6249341765 | Farce | a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations. | 9 | |
| 6249343263 | Facetious | treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant. | 10 | |
| 6249345064 | Self-depricating | the act of making oneself or the things one does seem unimportant. | 11 | |
| 6249347377 | tongue-and-cheek | used to imply that a statement or other production is humorously or otherwise not seriously intended, and it should not be taken at face value. The phrase was originally meant to express contempt. | 12 | |
| 6249347378 | Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. | 13 | |
| 6249349183 | Paradox | a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. | 14 | |
| 6249349184 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 15 | |
| 6249351587 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 16 |
