Term: dramatic irony: (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play
Broader: irony: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs | Unrelated: direction: the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
Broader: irony: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs | Unrelated: guarani: the basic unit of money in Paraguay; equal to 100 centimos
Broader: irony: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs | Unrelated: ground plan: a floor plan for the ground level of a building
Broader: irony: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs | Unrelated: magistrate: a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
Broader: irony: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs | Unrelated: viral infection: infection by a virus that is pathogenic to humans
Broader: irony: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs | Unrelated: tomatillo: Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
Broader: irony: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs | Unrelated: lightsomeness: the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous
Broader: irony: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs | Unrelated: preformation: a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell
Broader: irony: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs | Unrelated: glide: the activity of flying a glider
Broader: irony: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs | Unrelated: divergence: the act of moving away in different direction from a common point