英语词汇“cosmic irony”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cosmic irony n. chiefly Literary Criticism incongruity between human intentions or expectations and the actual outcome of events, as seemingly orchestrated by fate or providence; the use of such incongruity as a literary device; cf. irony n. 3.

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1905 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 558/1 Through the transparent veil of this sociological essay one gets many a glimpse of the cosmic irony of Ibsen and the nihilistic doctrine of Nietzsche.

1915 Fortn. Rev. July 393 As if by some cosmic irony, the scientific discoveries which filled us with so much pride and hope are turned into the deadliest instruments of destruction.

1958 Eng. Jrnl. 47 254/1 Cosmic irony is everywhere in Hardy's fiction and poetry.

1989 Washington Post 22 Apr. a21/2 The great cosmic irony at work here is that this great debate on press ethics sprang from someone not getting the facts right.

2013 E. C. Link in S. Frye Cambr. Compan. C. McCarthy xii. 157 The cosmic irony which defines the human condition is layered with the frustration arising from the epistemological crisis of the individual who seeks but does not find.

单词	cosmic irony
释义	> as lemmas cosmic irony cosmic irony n. chiefly Literary Criticism incongruity between human intentions or expectations and the actual outcome of events, as seemingly orchestrated by fate or providence; the use of such incongruity as a literary device; cf. irony n. 3. ΚΠ 1905 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 558/1 Through the transparent veil of this sociological essay one gets many a glimpse of the cosmic irony of Ibsen and the nihilistic doctrine of Nietzsche. 1915 Fortn. Rev. July 393 As if by some cosmic irony, the scientific discoveries which filled us with so much pride and hope are turned into the deadliest instruments of destruction. 1958 Eng. Jrnl. 47 254/1 Cosmic irony is everywhere in Hardy's fiction and poetry. 1989 Washington Post 22 Apr. a21/2 The great cosmic irony at work here is that this great debate on press ethics sprang from someone not getting the facts right. 2013 E. C. Link in S. Frye Cambr. Compan. C. McCarthy xii. 157 The cosmic irony which defines the human condition is layered with the frustration arising from the epistemological crisis of the individual who seeks but does not find. extracted from cosmicadj. < as lemmas
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