Satire
Etymology
From Latin satira, an earlier form satura meaning "medley," from the phrase lanx satura, "a full dish" of mixed fruits (from satur, "full, sated"). The original sense was a grab-bag of verse on assorted follies. It was long confused with the Greek "satyr" play, but the true root is that stuffed, miscellaneous plate — a form that could hold any target.
noun · /SAT-eye-er/
The use of humor, irony, or exaggeration to expose and criticize folly, especially in public life.
What it names
The comic scalpel of political cartoons and mock news — ridicule aimed at power or vice, entertaining on the surface and corrective underneath.
Example
The show was pure satire, staging a corporate retreat so absurd that every viewer recognized their own office in it.
Related idea
Parody imitates a specific work or style to mock it; satire uses whatever means it likes — parody included — to attack a real-world vice or institution.