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Noun Concept
Categories: History of ideas, Irony, Comedy, Rhetorical techniques, Tropes by type
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dramatic irony
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(theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play WordNet 3.0
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(theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A theatrical effect in which the true meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play. Wiktionary
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irony
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dramaturgy
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