social commentary
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The expression of one's point of view or feelings towards society, usually through literature.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Nineteen Eighty-Four is the best known of Orwell's social commentaries."