"poetical justice" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pəʊˌɛtɪkl̩ ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /poʊˌɛtɪk(ə)l ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/ [General-American], [-ɾɪk-] [General-American]
Etymology: From poetical + justice, coined by the English literary critic Thomas Rymer (c. 1643 – 1713) in the work The Tragedies of the Last Age Consider’d and Examin’d (1678): see the quotation. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|poetical|justice|notext=1|type=endocentric}} poetical + justice, {{coinage|en|Thomas Rymer|nat=the English|nobycat=1|nocap=1|occ=literary critic}} coined by the English literary critic Thomas Rymer, {{circa2|1643|short=1}} c. 1643 Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} poetical justice (uncountable)
  1. (narratology) The idea that in a literary work such as a poem, virtue should be rewarded and vice punished. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Narratology Synonyms: poetic justice Translations (idea that in a literary work such as a poem, virtue should be rewarded and vice punished): runollinen oikeudenmukaisuus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-poetical_justice-en-noun-eadyP2Ua Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, narratology, sciences Disambiguation of 'idea that in a literary work such as a poem, virtue should be rewarded and vice punished': 96 4
  2. (by extension, generally) Synonym of poetic justice (“the fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner”) Tags: broadly, uncountable Synonyms: poetic justice [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-poetical_justice-en-noun-65mx1bTp Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49

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