Definitions from Wiktionary (dramatic irony)
▸ noun: A theatrical effect in which the true meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
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▸ noun: A theatrical effect in which the true meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
Similar:
irony,
drama,
metadrama,
metatheatre,
anacrisis,
distancing effect,
narrativity,
pseudorealism,
presentation,
metareference,
more...
Opposite:
Types:
Adjectives:
escapist,
fabless,
irony,
make believe,
fictious,
fabular,
straw,
fabulous,
fixed,
projecting,
fabulistic
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