Irony

Meaning

Noun

●

In Rhetoric:

The quality of a

that, when

, may

something different from, or the

of, what is

ly; the use of

something

their

, often in a

.

An

statement.

●

Dramatic

: a

effect in which the

of a

, or some

in the

, is

by the

, but not by the

in the play.

●

Socratic

:

for the

of

or

an antagonist.

●

Contradiction between

and

;

what might be expected.

Adj

●

In Iron:

Of or

to the

iron.

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Origin

irony

English

-y

English

-y

Middle English (1100-1500)

iron

English

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