#irony.trope a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
supertype: #trope__figureofspeech__figure__image language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
subtype: #dramatic_irony (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play
part: #antiphrasis the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)
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