iro·ny
noun \ˈī-rə-nē also ˈī(-ə)r-nē\
1: a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning - called also Socratic irony
2 a: the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
b: a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony
c: an ironic expression or utterance
3 a: (1) incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2): an event or result marked by such incongruity.
b: incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play - called also dramatic irony, tragic irony.
2 a: the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
b: a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony
c: an ironic expression or utterance
3 a: (1) incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2): an event or result marked by such incongruity.
b: incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play - called also dramatic irony, tragic irony.
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