satire
literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody
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Summary
satire is an art genre[1]. satire ranks in the top 1% of art genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,046 views/month, #2 of 200).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: art movement[3]
- Subclass of: humor[4]
- Commons category: Satire[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Satire[6]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[7], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[11], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[15], Croatian Encyclopedia[16], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[17], Metzler Literatur Lexikon (2 ed.)[18]
- Partially coincident with: satirical fiction[19]
- Different from: Satir[20]
- Hashtag: satire[21]
- Practiced by: satirist[22]
- Has goal: criticism[23], joy[24]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25]
Why It Matters
satire has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] satire is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]