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satirical

[suh-tir-i-kuhl] / səˈtɪr ɪ kəl /


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Count Binface is part of a long British tradition of satirical election candidates.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Eight of these names have already appeared on multiple ballot papers elsewhere in the UK however, including Reclaim Party leader Laurence Fox and satirical candidates Count Binface and Howling Laud Hope.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Secret Handshake, the satirical arts and activism group behind the Trump-Epstein statues, has created a video game about the Iran war called ‘Operation Epic Furious.’

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

But Mr. Modi may have finally met his match in a Generation Z movement that began less than three months ago with a satirical social-media post.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Hence the 2004 headline in the satirical newspaper The Onion on the passing of postmodernism’s leading light: Jacques Derrida “Dies.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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