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social commentary

social commentary noun: the expression of one's point of view or feelings towards society, usually through literature.

Noun

social commentary (countable and uncountable, plural social commentaries)

  1. The expression of one's point of view or feelings towards society, usually through literature.
    • Satire is often employed in social commentary.
    • Since the release of his 2014 debut album ‘Everybody Down’, Kae Tempest has consistently provided some of the UK’s most incisive, sharp-tongued social commentary.2025 July 3, Fred Garratt-Stanley, “Kae Tempest – ‘Self Titled’ review: an inspiring reflection on identity and self-discovery”, in NME
  2. A work of this kind.
    • Nineteen Eighty-Four is the best known of Orwell's social commentaries.

Forms of social commentary

pluralsocial commentaries

Questions about social commentary

What does social commentary mean?
Social commentary means the expression of one's point of view or feelings towards society, usually through literature.
What part of speech is social commentary?
Social commentary is a noun.
What is the plural of social commentary?
The plural of social commentary is social commentaries.

Words near social commentary in the dictionary

  1. social column
  2. social columnist
  3. social columnists
  4. social columns
  5. social commentaries
  6. social commentary
  7. social commerce
  8. social communication disorder
  9. social compact
  10. social compacts
  11. social conditioning

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