Definitions from Wiktionary (poetic justice)
▸ noun: (narratology) Synonym of poetical justice (“the idea that in a literary work such as a poem, virtue should be rewarded and vice punished”)
▸ noun: (by extension, generally) The fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner.
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▸ noun: (narratology) Synonym of poetical justice (“the idea that in a literary work such as a poem, virtue should be rewarded and vice punished”)
▸ noun: (by extension, generally) The fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner.
Similar:
just deserts,
poeticalness,
poeticization,
poeticism,
poeticality,
poetization,
poetic license,
poeticks,
poesie,
verse,
more...
Opposite:
Types:
irony,
retribution,
reversal of fortune,
karmic justice,
divine justice,
just desserts,
poetic retribution,
cosmic justice,
more...
Adjectives:
vindicatory,
vindicative,
propitiatory,
retributive,
revanchist,
retaliatory,
satisfactory,
propitiative,
punishable,
piacular,
vengeant
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