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ironic errors

ironic errors is the plural of ironic error.

Meaning of ironic error

Noun

ironic error (plural ironic errors)

  1. A blunder that occurs as the result of a strenuous effort to avoid it, such as spilling a drink because one is concentrating on not doing so.
    • Counter intentional or ironic error is a further example of the delinking of intentional thought processes and behavior.2001, Giora Hon, Sam S. Rakover, Explanation: Theoretical Approaches and Applications, →ISBN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ironic, error.

Questions about ironic errors

What is ironic errors the plural of?
Ironic errors is the plural of ironic error.

Words near ironic errors in the dictionary

  1. ironhearted
  2. ironheartedness
  3. Ironia
  4. ironic
  5. ironic error
  6. ironic errors
  7. ironic process theory
  8. ironical
  9. ironically
  10. ironicalness
  11. ironice

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