social satire
Mocking cultural norms
Social satire is creative work that uses humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize society's flaws, institutions, or behaviors.
The genre aims to expose hypocrisy and prompt reflection or reform: The film is a social satire about suburban conformity.
Distinguished from mere comedy by its critical intent—the laughter serves a purpose beyond entertainment.
- parodySatirical imitation
- biting humorSharp, cutting comedy
- witClever, inventive humor
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
novels · environmental issues · Victorian era · consumerism · political corruption · racism · gender roles · plays · Harlem Renaissance · education systems · digital age · reality TV · sarcasm · bourgeoisie · upper class · class struggle · graphic novels · Swift
- British LiteratureShakespeare, Dickens, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Austen
- comedy tropespratfall, parody, sight gag, running gag, visual gag
- comedy writingjoke, jokes, comedy, parody, sarcasm
- high societygossip, socialites, socialite, aristocrats, aristocrat
- satirelampoon, parody, parody account, spoof, caricature
- comedy typesclown, parody, farce, slapstick, pratfalls
social satireslapstick
Exaggerated physical humor
physical comedy · buffoonery · absurdism · farce · screwball comedy
social satirepanegyric
Elaborate formal tribute speech
encomium · hagiography · propaganda · glorification · celebration