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Meanings of socratic irony in anglès
A dissimulation or ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
Usage of socratic irony in anglès
1
The former is known as the Socratic Irony.
2
He indulged in no Socratic irony.
3
Many of these, with a sort of Socratic irony, gave themselves ludicrous names, or names expressive of ignorance.
4
The genuine dialogues appear to have been marked by the Socratic irony; an amusing passage is quoted by Cicero in the De inventione (i.