HyperDic: dramatic_irony

English > 1 sense of the expression dramatic irony:
NOUNcommunicationdramatic irony(theater) irony that occurs when the meaning / meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play
English > dramatic irony: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning(theater) irony that occurs when the meaning / meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.
Categorydramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatreThe art of writing and producing plays
BroaderironyA trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

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