ironist
noun
iro·nist
ˈī-rə-nist 
: 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.
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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
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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
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“Ironist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ironist. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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