Satire

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.

2. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.

Synonyms: Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade; burlesque; wit; humor.