Satire

A Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts.

Satires are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement.

Although satires are usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon.

A common feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm—"in satire, irony is militant" —but parody, exaggeration, comparison, analogy, are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. This "militant" irony or sarcasm often professes to approve (or at least accept as natural) the very things the satirist wishes to attack.