irony

noun · adjectiveA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

ironies

1.
(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
3.
(countable, uncountable)Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
4.
(countable, informal, uncountable)Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected.
5.
(childish, dated)A kind of metallic marble.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more irony

Superlative

most irony

1.
Of or pertaining to the metal iron.
The food had an irony taste to it.
The scrap yard had bins marked for irony aluminum, such as aluminum engine blocks not wholly cleaned of bolts, studs, brackets, and so on.

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Nguồn gốc từ

First attested in 1502. From Middle French ironie, from Old French -, from Latin īrōnīa, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (irony, pretext), from εἴρων (one who feigns ignorance).