sarcasmとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːɹˌkæzəm/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːˌkæzəm/

名詞

sarcasm (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 sarcasms)

1. (uncountable) Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and a sneering tone of voice.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.

2. (countable) An act of sarcasm.

使用する際の注意点

Because sarcasm and irony often go together, people often use sarcasm to refer to irony. Strictly speaking, an ironic statement is one that means the opposite of its content, and a sarcastic statement is an acerbic or sardonic one. To distinguish the two, joyfully saying "Oh my gosh, I hate you!" to sincerely congratulate one's best friend on their good fortune is ironic, but not sarcastic; saying, "I'm not a mind reader, okay?" is sarcastic, but not ironic.

同意語

• (不可算): derision, facetiousness, irony, ridicule, satire
• (countable): taunt, gibe

派生語

• sarcastic

参考

• sarcasm on Wikipedia.

Further reading

• sarcasm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “sarcasm”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• sarcasm at OneLook Dictionary Search