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      i·ro·ny1
      /ˈīrənē/
      noun
      noun: irony
      1. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
        "“Don't go overboard with the gratitude,” he rejoined with heavy irony"
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        Similar:
        sarcasm
        sardonicism
        dryness
        causticity
        sharpness
        acerbity
        acid
        bitterness
        trenchancy
        mordancy
        cynicism
        mockery
        satire
        ridicule
        derision
        scorn
        sneering
        wryness
        backhandedness
        sarkiness
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        Opposite:
        sincerity
        • a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.
          plural noun: ironies
          "the irony is that I thought he could help me"
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          Similar:
          paradox
          paradoxical nature
          incongruity
          incongruousness
          peculiarity
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          Opposite:
          logic
        • a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
          noun: dramatic irony; plural noun: tragic irony
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      Irony, in its broadest sense, is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or event in which what on the surface appears to be the case or to be expected differs radically from what is actually the case. Irony can be categorized into different types, including verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony. Wikipedia
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