"ironist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈaɪɹənɪst/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: ironists [plural]
Etymology: irony + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|irony|ist}} irony + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} ironist (plural ironists)
  1. Someone who uses irony in humor. Categories (topical): People Translations (someone who uses irony): Ironiker [masculine] (German), Ironikerin [feminine] (German), ironista [feminine, masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-ironist-en-noun-y2ij9XC2 Disambiguation of People: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'someone who uses irony': 93 7
  2. (philosophy) A supporter of ironism. Categories (topical): Philosophy, People
    Sense id: en-ironist-en-noun-iGElh9X~ Disambiguation of People: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 25 75 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ironism

Inflected forms

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