engelska-eesti översättning av irony

irooniaKindlasti peitub üleskutses kohustuslikuks ja tagasivõetamatuks solidaarsuseks teatav iroonia: kindlasti on solidaarsus see, mida pakutakse, mitte see, mida peale surutakse. Surely there is a certain irony in calling for compulsory and irrevocable solidarity: surely solidarity is something that is offered and not compulsory.

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.
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
The state of two usually unrelated entities, parties, actions, etc. being related through a common connection in an uncommon way
Of or pertaining to the metal iron

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