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 Translation for 'irony' from English to Latin
ADJ   irony | more irony | most irony
NOUN   an irony | ironies
SYNO caustic remark | irony | sarcasm | ...
illusio {f}irony
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Translation for 'irony' from English to Latin

irony
illusio {f}
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Usage Examples English
  • Irony contains three important features: asymmetry of affect, victims of irony, and ironic tone of voice.
  • His thesis dealt with irony, and in particular, Socratic irony.
  • Complexity builds upon complexity, irony builds upon irony, murder follows murder, and tension mounts as the improbable story of the two married killers races to its climax.
  • Another book of note is 1974's "A Rhetoric of Irony", in which Booth examines the long tradition of irony and its use in literature.
  • One of the greatest hallmarks of Gottfried's style is his skillful use of irony, to both humorous and tragic effects.

  • Irony in language can be a somewhat complicated topic in how it functions differently in languages, and by its semantic nature, it is already somewhat vague.
  • See Irony for a more detailed discussion, and definitions of other forms of irony.
  • Poetic justice, also called poetic irony, is a literary device with which ultimately virtue is rewarded and misdeeds are punished.
  • "Saturday Night Live" later featured a one-time sketch called "Tales of Irony" which used a similar premise.
  • Irony is one of Austen's most characteristic and most discussed literary techniques.

  • "A Rhetoric of Irony" is a book about irony by American literary critic Wayne Booth. Booth argues that in addition to forms of literary irony, there are ironies that lack a stable referent.
  • "Irony's Edge: The Theory and Politics of Irony" is a non-fiction book written by Linda Hutcheon on the subject of irony.
  • The modern term irony is derived from the [...] of the classical Greek theatre. Irony entails opposition (not mere difference) between the actual meaning and the apparent meaning of something.
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