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CONCEPT
irony
a situation, literary technique, or rhetorical device, in which there is an incongruity or discordance that goes strikingly beyond the most simple and evident meaning of words or actions.

Definition contributed by BGregory about nine months ago.

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NPicchetti Initial definition retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
about nine months ago

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Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:
a situation, literary technique, or rhetorical device, in which there is an incongruity or discordance that goes strikingly beyond the most simple and evident meaning of words or actions. (from Wikipedia)

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Definition contributed by SAdministrator about two years ago:
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2011-05-16 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for irony. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/irony]
2011-05-12 NPicchetti: Added new topic to discussion
2010-04-30 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for irony. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/irony]
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