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'''Irony''' (from the Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία ''eironeía'', meaning hypocrisy, deception, or feigned ignorance) is a literary or [[Rhetoric|rhetorical device]], in which there is an incongruity or discordance between what one says or does, and what one means or what is generally understood. Irony is a mode of expression that calls attention to discrepancy between two levels of knowledge. In fiction, it is a demonstration of the distance between the character's [[knowledge]] and that of the audience.

'''Irony''' (from the Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία ''eironeía'', meaning hypocrisy, deception, or feigned ignorance) is a literary or [[Rhetoric|rhetorical device]], in which there is an incongruity or discordance between what one says or does, and what one means or what is generally understood. Irony is a mode of expression that calls attention to discrepancy between two levels of knowledge. In fiction, it is a demonstration of the distance between the character's [[knowledge]] and that of the audience.

The term ''Socratic irony'', coined by Aristotle, refers to the [[Socratic Method]], and is not irony in the modern sense of the word.[http://www.sarcasmsociety.com/irony/socratic.php]

The term ''Socratic irony'', coined by Aristotle, refers to the [[Socratic Method]], and is not irony in the modern sense of the word.[http://www.sarcasmsociety.com/irony/socratic.php]

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