Look up: irony

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   Irony
   Contained in much theatre. When a word or action implies or conveys the opposite meaning to that we expect.
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   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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   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' - boom, boom.)
   Another poem employing irony is Verses on the Death of Dr Swift. In this poem, we are never quite sure whether the opinions expressed by Swift (or the other characters) are to be taken seriously or not.
   Philip Larkin frequently used irony in his poem titles e.g. Wild Oats (a poem about his lack of success sexually) Vers de Société (a poem about his lack of sociability) and Aubade (a poem about death). See also Annus Mirabilis.
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   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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   Irony
   saying [or writing] one thing, whilst meaning the opposite
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   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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   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 condition; 'I think the future is a bright and be...
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   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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   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 confounding or provoking an antagonist. 2. A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contra ...
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    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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    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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    irony
    noun a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
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    Irony
    `Irony` is a literary or rhetorical device, in which there is a gap or incongruity between what a speaker or a writer says and what is generally understood (either at the time, or in the later context of history). Irony may also arise from a discordance between acts and results, especially if it is striking, and seen by an outside audience. Irony is understood as an aesthetic evaluation by an audience, which relies on a sharp discordance between ...
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    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 the literal sense of the words. • (a.) Made o...
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    irony
    
    1. witty language used to convey insults or scorn
    2. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
    3. a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
    
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    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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