wittiness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wittiness
Noun
  • The irony here is that the film’s main subject, AI, was one of the key elements that writers and actors were pushing against.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The Irony of Poor Leadership: The Ones Who Need Training the Most Avoid It the Most There’s a cruel irony at play in many organizations.
    Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Sure, The Critic had its fair sure of absurdity (one character was from Easter Island and bore a striking resemblance to a moai statue), but the New York in which it was set felt real in a way that Springfield or Quahog never did.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Featuring intertwining narratives of doctors and patients, the film also includes a group of doctors-turned-comedians who use humor to highlight the absurdities of the system.
    Lise Pedersen, Variety, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Chances are its uninhibited critique of privilege, political satire, and wicked social commentary would be softened or edited out.
    Viren Naidu, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2025
  • My guess is cigars’ turn-of-the-century association with the upper class meant cigars were a useful tool of satire and then later, when the comedians found success, a means of Jewish assimilation.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Wittiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wittiness. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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