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irony
(mass) | irony
- irónia |
irony
(encz) | irony,ironie n: Zdeněk Brož |
Irony
(gcide) | Irony \I"ron*y\, n. [L. ironia, Gr. ? dissimulation, fr. ? a
dissembler in speech, fr. ? to speak; perh. akin to E. word:
cf. F. ironie.]
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1. Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of
confounding or provoking an antagonist.
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2. A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts
a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the
literal sense of the words.
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Irony
(gcide) | Irony \I"ron*y\, a. [From Iron.]
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1. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as,
irony chains; irony particles; -- In this sense iron is
the more common term. [R.] --Woodward.
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2. Resembling iron in taste, hardness, or other physical
property.
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irony
(wn) | irony
n 1: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used
sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the
stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do
generally discover everybody's face but their own"--
Jonathan Swift [syn: sarcasm, irony, satire, {caustic
remark}]
2: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually
occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most
hated"
3: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected
and what occurs |
IRONY
(bouvier) | IRONY, rhetoric. A term derived from the Greek, which signifies
dissimulation. It is a refined species of ridicule, which, under the mask of
honest simplicity or ignorance, exposes the faults and errors of others, by
seeming to adopt or defend them.
2. In libels, irony may convey imputations more effectually than direct
assertion, and render the publication libelous. Hob. 215; Hawk. B. 1, c. 73,
s. 4; 3 Chit. Cr. Law, 869, Bac. Ab. Libel, A 3.
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irony
(mass) | irony
- irónia |
dramatic irony
(encz) | dramatic irony, n: |
irony
(encz) | irony,ironie n: Zdeněk Brož |
dramatic irony
(wn) | dramatic irony
n 1: (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the
situation is understood by the audience but not by the
characters in the play |
irony
(wn) | irony
n 1: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used
sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the
stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do
generally discover everybody's face but their own"--
Jonathan Swift [syn: sarcasm, irony, satire, {caustic
remark}]
2: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually
occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most
hated"
3: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected
and what occurs |
socratic irony
(wn) | Socratic irony
n 1: admission of your own ignorance and willingness to learn
while exposing someone's inconsistencies by close
questioning |
IRONY
(bouvier) | IRONY, rhetoric. A term derived from the Greek, which signifies
dissimulation. It is a refined species of ridicule, which, under the mask of
honest simplicity or ignorance, exposes the faults and errors of others, by
seeming to adopt or defend them.
2. In libels, irony may convey imputations more effectually than direct
assertion, and render the publication libelous. Hob. 215; Hawk. B. 1, c. 73,
s. 4; 3 Chit. Cr. Law, 869, Bac. Ab. Libel, A 3.
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