irony
/ˈaɪrʌni/
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Noun
witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody''s face but their own"--Jonathan Swift
Noun
incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland''s copying the nation she most hated"
Noun
a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
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