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Definition of tragic irony noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tragic irony

noun
 
/ˌtrædʒɪk ˈaɪrəni/
 
/ˌtrædʒɪk ˈaɪrəni/
[uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. a technique in literature in which a character’s actions or thoughts are known to the reader or audience but not to the other characters in the story
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