irony
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
witty language used to convey insults or scorn
he used sarcasm to upset his opponent
Types & categories
- humor hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated
Types & categories
- incongruity hypernym
- Socratic irony hyponym
Related & opposite
- ironical derivation
Sense 3 noun
a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
Types & categories
- trope hypernym
- dramatic irony hyponym
Parts & wholes
- antiphrasis part meronym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | sarcastic |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | unsarcastic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | satirist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lampoon |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ironic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sarcastic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | satirical |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | humor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ironical |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | incongruity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Socratic irony |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ironical |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | pretty |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | worthp |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | indeed |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | antiphrasis |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | trope |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dramatic irony |