irony
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/ˈaɪə.ɹən.i/
English
Definitions
noun
- A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
- Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
- Ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist; Socratic irony.
- The state of two usually unrelated entities, parties, actions, etc. being related through a common connection in an uncommon way.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the metal iron.“The food had an irony taste to it.”
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ferricferroussatiresarcasmcaustic remarkparadoxtravestyhumorsarcastichumourmockeryridiculederisionsardonicismincongruitymordancycynicismanticlimax