certain irony

collocation in English

meaningsofcertainandirony

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certain
adjective
uk
/ˈsɜː.tən/us
/ˈsɝː.tən/
having no doubt or knowing exactly that something is true, or known to be true, correct, exact, ...
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irony
noun[U]
uk
/ˈaɪ.rə.ni/us
/ˈaɪ.rə.ni/
a situation in which something which was intended to have a particular result has the opposite or a very ...
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(Definition ofcertainandironyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcertain irony

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There is acertainironyto the position.
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There is acertainironyhere, of course.
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There is acertainironythat this empowering model is partly imposed on some of those it is intended to empower.
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And that, with acertainirony, the kind of academic old-stagers he is speaking to are perhaps the very ones most likely to reject it.
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There is acertainironyin the fact that welfare states are now required to call forth a form of solidarity which their own practice has helped to diminish.
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Perhaps there is acertainironyin this debate.
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There is acertainironyin today's debate.
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There is acertainironyin that, after the 15-year history of the whole miserable business.
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There was acertainirony, all the same.
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Indeed, there is acertainirony.
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I draw attention to this provision because it has acertainirony.
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Surely there is acertainironyin calling for compulsory and irrevocable solidarity: surely solidarity is something that is offered and not compulsory.
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With acertainirony, however, that creates its own problem.
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There is acertainironyin this appeal to women.
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There is acertainironyin the debate.
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There is acertainironyin the fact that we should be debating this matter now.
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Indeed, there is acertainironyin the situation.
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There is, however, acertainironyin these proceedings.
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There is acertainironyabout all this.
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