From the following words pick the odd word out.

Lampoon means to publicly criticize someone or something by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm.

Satire is the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

Ridicule is the subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.

The parable is a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels.