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.
Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
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.
To tell the truth.
To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy.
Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.
That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
In the game truth or dare, the choice to truthfully answer a question put forth.
The state or quality of being true to someone or something.