Look up: irony

1. Irony
   Contained in much theatre. When a word or action implies or conveys the opposite meaning to that we expect.
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2. Irony
   expression of something which is contrary to the intended meaning; the words say one thing but mean another.
   *Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
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3. Irony
   Figure of speech in which the ordinary meaning of the words is more or less the opposite of what the poet intends.
   In his poem Don Juan, Byron makes great use of irony. Don Juan  is also ironically dedicated to Robert Southey and the other Lake Poets. (Byron's irony could be called 'Byrony' - ...
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4. irony
   [n] - a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs 2. [n] - incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
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5. Irony
   saying [or writing] one thing, whilst meaning the opposite
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6. Irony
   Irony is the name given to the effect of meaning created when one thing is said or written but another - sometimes opposite - thing is meant. In speech this effect is created by tone of voice in writing by carefully chosen lexis. The study of such meaning falls within the area known as pragmatics.…
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7. Irony
   a device where words conveying a meaning different from the apparent meaning are used, sometimes to emphasise a point or a situation. Dramatic irony occurs when an audience is given privileged information which is unknown to the relevant character(s). e.g. Spoken by a dying man who is unaware of his...
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8. Irony
   I'ron·y adjective [ From Iron .] 1. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles. [ R.] Woodward. 2. Resembling iron in taste, hardness, or other physical property.
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9. Irony
   I'ron·y noun [ Latin ironia , Greek ... dissimulation, from ... a dissembler in speech, from ... to speak; perhaps akin to English word : confer French ironie .] 1. Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confoun...
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10. irony
    1. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles. ... 2. Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property. ... Origin: From Iron. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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11. irony
    noun incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; `the irony of Ireland`s copying the nation she most hated`
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12. irony
    noun a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
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13. Irony
    • (a.) Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property. • (n.) Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist. • (n.) A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to ...
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14. irony
    language device, either in spoken or written form in which the real meaning is concealed or contradicted by the literal meanings of the words (verbal ... [8 related articles]
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15. irony
    irony (s), ironies (pl) 1. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning. 2. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning. A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. 3. Something that happens that is inc...
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16. irony
    stating something by saying another quite different thing, sometimes its opposite. An example is Sir Thomas Wyatt's 'And I have leave to go, of her goodness' from his 'They flee from me.'
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17. irony
    There is a contrast between what is said and what is meant. This is either done accidentally or on purpose by the author.
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18. irony
    
    • witty language used to convey insults or scorn
    • incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
    • a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
    
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19. irony
    irony, figure of speech in which what is stated is not what is meant. The user of irony assumes that his reader or listener understands the concealed meaning of his statement. Perhaps the simplest form of irony is rhetorical irony, when, for effect, a speaker says the direct opposite of what she mea...
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20. Irony
    Irony (from the Greek eironeia meaning dissimulation), is a form of speech in which the meaning intended to be conveyed is contrary to the natural meaning of the words. Irony, as a rhetorical device, becomes a most effective weapon for ridiculing an antagonist. Some of the Athenian orators were great masters of this refined mode of derision.
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21. irony
    Literary device that uses words to convey a meaning opposite to their literal sense, through the use of humour or sarcasm. It can be traced through all periods of literature, from classical Greek and Roman epics and dramas to the subtle irony of Chaucer and the 20th-century writer's method for dealing with despair, as in Samuel Beckett'...
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22. Irony
    hiding what is actually reality in order to obtain a desired oratorical or artistic effect; a favorite technique for London's social commentary.
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23. Irony
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