DRAMATIC IRONY

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Meaning:

(theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dramatic irony" is a kind of...):

irony (a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs)

Domain category:

dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)