IRONIA-SARCASM
IRONIA involving sarcasm.
冷笑法 Sarcastic humorous remark.
Hypernym
- IRONIAHISTRIONIC way of expressing something by playfully creating an appearance of claiming its opposite, typically assuming one's playfulness to be understood by the intended audience. The use of words to express something diametrically different from their meaning, or in a histrionically mediated sense. test
- HISTRIONICSRHETORICAL TROPE which crucially involves playful dissimulation of one's real
meaning.
- RHETORICAL
TROPE體裁詞格 RHETORICAL DEVICE mainly concerned with the structural semantics of
expressions.
- RHETORICAL
DEVICE詞格 METHOD of adorning discourse.
- RHETORICAL
DEVICE詞格 METHOD of adorning discourse.
- RHETORICAL
TROPE體裁詞格 RHETORICAL DEVICE mainly concerned with the structural semantics of
expressions.
Hyponym
- CHLEUASMUS冷笑法 Sarcastic reply that mocks an opponent and leaves him no answer.
Miriam 255 "Sarcasmus is a more bitter taunt than mycterismus, a more open
mock." Susenbrotus 15: plena est odio atque hostilis irrisuo. Vel iocus cum
amaritudine.
REF: Scaliger 3.86. Not in Ernesti or Lausberg.
Greek/Latin: Current.
Ancient Chinese: Sarcasm was a standard ploy by advisers, but I cannot recall cases of long sustained sarcasm. What we have are sarcastic remarks in one sentence or clause. (See SHIJI Huajizhuan, ZHUANG etc.) This deserves detailed study. The obvious point of departure is the chapter on court jesters in SHIJI.
REF: Scaliger 3.86. Not in Ernesti or Lausberg.
Greek/Latin: Current.
Ancient Chinese: Sarcasm was a standard ploy by advisers, but I cannot recall cases of long sustained sarcasm. What we have are sarcastic remarks in one sentence or clause. (See SHIJI Huajizhuan, ZHUANG etc.) This deserves detailed study. The obvious point of departure is the chapter on court jesters in SHIJI.