Irony | Irony Meaning, Definition, Examples & Illustration
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Irony, Irony Meaning, Definition, Examples & Illustration
Irony | Irony Meaning, Definition, Examples & Illustration
The word ‘iony’ is derived from the Greek word ‘eiron’ meaning ‘a dissembler’. By this figure of speech, the speaker of the writer pretends to praise something or someone but means to blame or ridicule it or him. To say in other words, by this figure we say one thing but mean just the opposite. It is said to be the most insulting of all figures of speech. Example:
- A good father! a good husband! Ample apologies for fifteen years of persecution, tyranny and falsehood. -Macaulay
In the statement, the speaker pretends to praise by saying ‘a good father, and ‘a good husband’ but means just the opposite because this good man is accused of persecution, tyranny and falsehood.
- Are you so gospelled
To pray for this good man and his issue. –Shakespeare
- Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,
And Brutus is an honourable man. – Shakespeare.
- The brotherly love of our enlarging Christianity is proved by the multiplication of murder. –Ruskin.
- Except thunder, lightning and hailstorm off and on we are having beautiful weather.
- Oh, fantastic! Now I cannot attend the party I had been waiting for 3 months.
- William has been a marriage counselor for fifteen years and he’s just filing for divorce. 0 0 0.
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N. B. The article ‘Irony | Irony Meaning, Definition, Examples & Illustration‘ originally belongs to the book ‘The Rhetoric‘ by Menonim Menonimus.
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