Definitions
incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
Word origin
First attested in 1502. From Middle French ironie, from Old French, from Latin īrōnīa, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (eirōneía, “irony, pretext”), from εἴρων (eírōn, “one who feigns ignorance”).
Used in a sentence
“Irony, saying what it ne'er intends, Censures with praise, and speaks to foes as friends.”
“A principal virtue of Rorty's recognition of both the lightminded and the serious side of irony is to urge us in that direction.”
“The second irony is that the only American who intuitively or otherwise grasps this reality and possesses a large enough ego potentially capable of governing in these circumstances is the president.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Unexpected contrast”5 letters
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