the use of dramatic irony in a tragedy (originally, in Greek tragedy), so that the audience is aware that a character's words or actions will bring about a tragic or fatal result, while the character is not
tragic irony in American English
noun
dramatic irony in tragic drama
Word origin
[1825–35]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: archaic, cliché, individualism, self-help, spiritualism
Examples of 'tragic irony' in a sentence
tragic irony
Let us pray that the prophecy is not fulfilled and that its tragic irony remains a thing of the mind.