#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
part: antiphrasis
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
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