dramatic irony

1. 1.

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

   Broaderirony

   dramaturgy

Questions about dramatic irony

What does dramatic irony mean?

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

Is dramatic irony a common word?

dramatic irony is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.