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“Satirize” or “Satirise”

Language

Satirize and satirise are both English terms.

Usage

Satirize is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while satirise is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available):

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
satirize 99 15 80 100 95 28 0 0 0 0 0 0
satirise 1 85 20 0 5 72 0 100 100 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "satirize" over "satirise" (99 to 1).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 85 to 15 preference for "satirise" over "satirize".
  • In India, there is a preference for "satirize" over "satirise" (80 to 20).
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "satirize" over "satirise" (100 to 0).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "satirize" over "satirise" (95 to 5).
  • In Australia, there is a 72 to 28 preference for "satirise" over "satirize".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "satirize" and "satirise".
  • In Ireland, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "satirise" over "satirize".
  • In New Zealand, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "satirise" over "satirize".
  • In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "satirize" and "satirise".
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "satirize" and "satirise".
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "satirize" and "satirise".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use satirize or satirise with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “satirize”

  • …the American movie industry and satirize the illusory desire of many…
  • …was used at first to satirize the corrupt Government of Fernando…
  • …play but is used to satirize Shakespeare's patron the Earl of…
  • …artificial and stylized technique to satirize both the gangster genre and…
  • …contains fictional news articles that satirize local, national, and international events…
  • …bomber, whom Dunham uses to satirize the contemporary issue of terrorism.
  • …intended its acerbic lyrics to satirize.
  • …implicit attempt to promote and satirize use of profanity among children.
  • …its original goals was to satirize common themes in Icelandic politics,…
  • …the I Ching, tried to satirize the chancellors by talking about…

Examples of “satirise”

  • Austen's works satirise the novels of sensibility of…
  • …Marriage à-la-mode, was intended to satirise and poke fun at the…
  • …show of his paintings, which satirise Stella Vine's images of Princess…
  • …purpose of "Jabberwocky" was to satirise both pretentious verse and ignorant…
  • …effect in programmes wishing to satirise 1950s social attitudes such as…
  • …pervasiveness of computers, finally others satirise and parody everything from the…
  • Neo's films satirise several aspects about Singapore in…
  • …lives of English aristocrats and satirise their social pretensions and personal…
  • While the series aimed to satirise racism, it actually also gained…
  • …many street traders may also satirise Marcellus Laroon's much-copied 17th-century prints…


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