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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.

 

What qualifies as ironic is subjective, but all senses of irony revolve around the perceived notion of an incongruity between what is said and what is meant; or between an understanding of [[reality]], or an expectation of a reality, and what actually happens.

What qualifies as ironic is subjective, but all senses of irony revolve around the perceived notion of an incongruity between what is said and what is meant; or between an understanding of [[reality]], or an expectation of a reality, and what actually happens.