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Irony: noun: the outcome of events contrary to what was expected.(175) | Irony: noun: the outcome of events contrary to what was expected.(175) | ||
Irony: [L ironia, fr. Gk eironia, fr. eiron: dissembler] 1)the use of words to express the opposite of what one really means 2) incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result. (263) | Irony: [L ironia, fr. Gk eironia, fr. eiron: dissembler] 1)the use of words to express the opposite of what one really means 2) [[incongruity]] between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result. (263) | ||
[http://www.uky.edu/AS/classics/rhetoric.html Rhetorical terms]-A Glossary of Rhetorical terms by Ross Scaife at the Unviersity of Kentucky | [http://www.uky.edu/AS/classics/rhetoric.html Rhetorical terms]-A Glossary of Rhetorical terms by Ross Scaife at the Unviersity of Kentucky | ||