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ironize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈaɪɹənaɪz/

Etymology

From iron(y) + -ize.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To use irony.
2. (transitive) To treat something in an ironic fashion.
   • His novels mocked and maligned the French middle class, ironizing it into oblivion. 2007 December 30, Lee Siegel, “The Blush of the New”, in New York Times:
   • The sketch begins with a text introduction that tells us, "In 2014, a few brave souls dared to defy Big Oil and his encroachment on the Lakota Nation. In their most traditional garb, these warriors led a legendary protest." These statements are soon ironized by the image of a young Native American man, wearing only a flowery vest, baseball cap, tinted sunglasses, and underwear, who announces […] 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 182:

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