Sarcasm | Sarcasm Meaning, Definition, Example & Illustration
Sarcasm | Sarcasm Meaning, Definition, Example & Illustration
The word ‘sarcasm’ is derived from the Greek word ‘sarkasmos’ meaning ‘tearing flesh’ or ‘sneering’. It is a figure of speech in which the speaker or writer says something in such a way as to excite contempt or ridicule. Examples:
- Certainly, God did not make man and left it to Aristotle to make him rational. –Locke
- We, Christians have enough religion to make us hate but not enough to make us love each other. –Swift.
- The Chief Priest said, mocking Christ, ‘He saved others but himself he could not save.
- I’m not insulting you, I’m just describing you.
- Stop about growing old and think about growing up.
Note that in sarcasm we don’t state the contrary of what we mean; we really mean exactly what we say, but we say in such a way as to excite contempt or ridicule. The purpose of both irony and sarcasm is to blame or ridicule a thing or a person. In irony what is said means just the opposite. But in sarcasm we don’t mean the contrary of what we state; we state in a way as to ridicule something or someone directly. 0 0 0.
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N. B. The article ‘Sarcasm-Meaning, Definition, Example & Illustration‘ originally belongs to the book ‘The Rhetoric‘ by Menonim Menonimus.
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