satirist

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“She was a social satirist who was very well aware of currents in sociology and, in particular, psychology and psychiatry, which she mocked in a gentle but devastating way.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Juvenal was a satirist, she says, not an objective reporter; he may have been wryly speculating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

American musician and satirist Tom Lehrer has died at the age of 97, according to US media reports.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2025

“He’s worked as a satirist; he’s written parodies, political thrillers; he’s moved from a fairly earnest modern style to a very lucid, clear style.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2025

Now, he was a satirist, so he left it that way, and my father was, I guess I realized too late, a romantic, so he ended it another way.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman