“Satirize” or “Satirise”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “satirize” and 4 prefer “satirise”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	satirize	satirise	Preference
United States	99	1	“satirize”
United Kingdom	15	85	“satirise”
India	80	20	“satirize”
Philippines	100	0	“satirize”
Canada	95	5	“satirize”
Australia	28	72	“satirise”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	100	“satirise”
New Zealand	0	100	“satirise”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“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…

“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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