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Meanings of socratic irony in английском

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

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Examples for "irony"
Examples for "irony"
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The great irony, of course, is that WorldCom's problems were only beginning.
Confessions of a wall street analyst: a true story of inside inf...
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The irony of the situation was not totally lost on him, however.
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
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That's the irony in what is happening in the cable industry today.
BBC
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There's a tragic irony there, seen from the Tibetans' point of view.
The Irish Times
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There is, to be sure, a keen irony to the UK situation.
The Guardian
Usage of socratic irony in английском
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The former is known as the Socratic Irony.
The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
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He indulged in no Socratic irony.
On the Art of Writing / Lectures delivered in the University of ...
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Many of these, with a sort of Socratic irony, gave themselves ludicrous names, or names expressive of ignorance.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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The genuine dialogues appear to have been marked by the Socratic irony; an amusing passage is quoted by Cicero in the De inventione (i.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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