satire
noun
[ ˈsatʌɪə ]
• the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
• "the crude satire seems to be directed at the fashionable protest singers of the time"
Origin:
early 16th century: from French, or from Latin satira, later form of satura ‘poetic medley’.
