Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - irony
Irony
irony
1. n. (pl. -ies) 1 an expression of meaning, often humorous or sarcastic, by the use of language of a different or opposite tendency. 2 an ill-timed or perverse arrival of an event or circumstance that is in itself desirable. 3 the use of language with one meaning for a privileged audience and another for those addressed or concerned. Etymology: L ironia f. Gk eironeia simulated ignorance f. eiron dissembler 2. adj. of or like iron.
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noun (plural -nies) Etymology: Latin ironia, from Greek eirōnia, from eirōn dissembler Date: 1502 a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning, 2. the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning, a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by ~, an ironic expression or utterance, 3. a. incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result, an event or result marked by such incongruity, incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play, see: wit ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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