(1) It is a post-modern twist that John le Carré, the great cold war ironist, might have relished.
(2) For ironists, here is Vladimir Putin in the New York Times in November 1999: “Because we value our relations with the United States and care about Americans’ perception of us, I want to explain our actions in clear terms…” And here is Putin in the Washington Post in February 2012: “True democracy was not created overnight.” Let political leaders speak too much, not too little or at too few.
(3) So those are your big bucks post-Brexit beacons, ranging from a boomerang-maker who would very much like you to commute your expectations, to some hipster chancer who has sold fewer than 300 empty jars to Chinese ironists.
(4) To remind ourselves that as well as being world-class cynics, ironists and moaners, we aren't too bad at generosity, warmth and excitement if we put our minds to it.
(5) He was heralded as a great ironist: what could be more postmodern than taking a traditional, hidebound form and calling it modern art?
(6) Was it buried at sea like Osama bin Laden, in order that its final resting place not become a place of pilgrimage for political ironists?
Satirist
Definition:
(n.) One who satirizes; especially, one who writes satire.
Example Sentences:
(1) In 2007, she put the Oscars back on an even keel after poor reviews for the satirist Jon Stewart in 2006.
(2) This is too much pressure, too much burden on the satirist.
(3) Everyone was watching it,” recalls Bassem Youssef , the Cairo surgeon turned satirist who helmed the show.
(4) Another of his friends, the satirist Craig Brown , once described him as moving in a world without friction, as if never having known heartbreak.
(5) It was the first such publication in post-revolutionary Iran, maintaining its dominance for more than two decades after its debut, adding monthly and annual editions as well as producing a new generation of satirists and cartoonists.
(6) Besides Carr, the panel included US anti-poverty campaigner Linda Tirado, US author and satirist PJ O’Rourke, international security analyst Lydia Khalil, and US defence and politics analyst Crispin Rovere.
(7) It’s hate speech.” Bassem Youssef, a former Egyptian talk show host, satirist and popular comedian, criticized Trump on Twitter .
(8) He could laugh at himself in the style of the most sophisticated political satirist, and move on to threaten thunder and revolution from the rostrum.
(9) • Nish Kumar is at the Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh, 6-28 August Facebook Twitter Pinterest Nish Kumar: What can a satirist do with our post-truth politics?
(10) It is not clear if Morsi himself took umbrage or whether his entourage has given instructions to silence the satirist – or at least remind him of the line not to cross.
(11) Burmese satirist Zarganar was recently freed after almost three years in jail for the heinous crime of speaking to foreign media about the devastating effects of a cyclone.
(12) Labour's candidate, the satirist and author John O'Farrell, called on the BBC to leave a seat empty where Hutchings would have sat rather than fill it with a substitute.
(13) The television satirist seen as the barometer for free speech in post-revolutionary Egypt, Bassem Youssef , has ended his show because he feels it is no longer safe to satirise Egyptian politics.
(14) His approval ratings are even lower than his morals, and the satirist Stephen Colbert (playing himself) is ridiculing Underwood’s “America Works” plan to increase jobs but reduce welfare benefits.
(15) Egypt’s most popular satirist, Bassem Youssef, has joined the Harvard Institute of Politics at the John F Kennedy School of Government as a resident fellow for the spring semester, eight months after winding up his TV show because he felt it was no longer safe to satirise Egyptian politics.
(16) A consummate journalist, scintillating satirist and unrivalled chronicler of modern life and so much more.
(17) He was a film producer, satirist, television pioneer, theatre director, raconteur, wit and public speaker of boundless brio and enthusiasm.
(18) The great American satirist PJ O’Rourke was standing next to me, so I congratulated him on stumbling upon an auto-parodic British scene.
(19) Like all satirists, he assumed that humans should behave compassionately and morally.
(20) The satirists were completely disregarded as news producers continued to make ever more melodramatic, repetitive and graphically absurd programmes.