Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected.
Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
An ironic statement.
Of or pertaining to the metal iron.
The food had an irony taste to it.
An implied criticism.
The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.
The folding of a part; a fold.
Something, such as an image, that is reflected.
The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).
Careful thought or consideration.