ironyとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

First attested in 1502. From Middle French ironie, from Old French, from Latin īrōnīa, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (eirōneía, “irony, pretext”), from εἴρων (eírōn, “one who feigns ignorance”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪə.ɹən.i/
• (米国用法) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.ɹə.ni/, /ˈaɪ.ɚ.ni/

名詞

irony (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 ironies)

2. (rhetoric) 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.^[1]
   • [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, OCLC 1062248511, page 11:

     Irony, saying what it ne'er intends,
     Censures with praise, and speaks to foes as friends.]

3. 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.
4. Ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist; Socratic irony.
5. The state of two usually unrelated entities, parties, actions, etc. being related through a common connection in an uncommon way.
6. (informal)^[2][3] Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected. [from the 1640s]

使用する際の注意点

• Some authorities omit the last sense, "contradiction of circumstances and expectations, condition contrary to what might be expected";^[3] however, it has been in common use since the 1600s.^[4]

派生語

関連する語

• ironically

参照

語源 2

iron +‎ -y

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪə.ni/
• (米国用法) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.ɚ.ni/

形容詞

irony (comparative more irony, superlative most irony)

1. Of or pertaining to the metal iron.

   The food had an irony taste to it.

同意語

• ferric
• ferrous