ironist

noun

iro·​nist ˈī-rə-nist How to pronounce ironist (audio)
: one who uses irony especially in the development of a literary work or theme

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Franco is a cool-headed ironist with a flair for oblique narrative and a fascination with the detached worlds of the wealthy. Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023 Otto Dix, Beckmann’s fellow ironist, enlisted at once and served in the artillery corps. Jason Farago, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023 In Hitchens’s writing there were always five characters at work: the cynic, the romantic, the ironist, the idealist, and the materialist. Christian Lorentzen, Harper's Magazine, 1 July 2022 Indeed, Zelensky’s fierce liberalism and his ironist’s sense of history seem his tribute to them. Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2022 See all Example Sentences for ironist 

Word History

First Known Use

1727, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ironist was in 1727

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“Ironist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ironist. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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