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A dissimulation or ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
irony
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.
socratic
irony
socratic