dramatic irony
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(theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play (synset 107117259)
referred to in: dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, theater, theatre - the art of writing and producing playsis a type of: irony - a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
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