Plural of irony

Forms of irony

Ironies in a sentence

• It is one of the ironies of capital cities that each acts as a symbol of its nation, and yet few are even remotely representative of it.2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 Oct...
• And before the season's over millions of "glassies" and "aggies" or "ironies" will change hands, and thousands more will manage to get themselves lost.1968, Boys' Life, volume 58, number 5, page 10
• The overwhelming turkification of the army brought with it other ironies.2019, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs, Yale University Press, page 319. From the entry Turkification
• Cabell also uses a kind of stylistic dissonance to reinforce his novel's thematic ironies at the sentence level.2008, Susan F. Beegel, “Introduction”, in John Steinbeck, Cup of gold: a life of Sir Henry Morgan, buccaneer, page xx. From the entry archaic
• ALCHEMY OF DECAY AND RUINISM The post-communist prophets hone their sharp ironies, herald the coming of doomsday, draw apocalyptic visions.1995, Vladislav Todorov, Red Square, Black Square: Organon for Revolutionary Imagination, page 182. From the entry ruinism

Meaning of irony

1. noun The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
2. noun An ironic statement.
3. noun Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.

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Questions about the plural of irony

What is the plural of irony?

The plural of irony is ironies.

Is irony countable?

Irony is a countable and uncountable noun.