DRAMATIC IRONY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dramatic irony mean? 

• DRAMATIC IRONY (noun)
  The noun DRAMATIC IRONY has 1 sense:

1. (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play

  Familiarity information: DRAMATIC IRONY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRAMATIC IRONY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dramatic irony" is a kind of...):

irony (a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs)

Domain category:

dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)