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单词 ironizing
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ironizingadj.

Brit. /ˈʌɪrənʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈaɪrəˌnaɪzɪŋ/
Forms: 1500s– ironising, 1900s– ironizing.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: irony n., -izing suffix2, ironize v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: Originally < irony n. + -izing suffix2 In later use < ironize v.1 + -ing suffix2.
rare before mid 20th cent.
Using or given to irony; ironic.
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1590 R. Harvey Theol. Disc. Lamb of God 123 All his tempting, despising, and ironising reformers shall laugh, and perish, & be laughed at.
1953 J. Collins Mind of Kierkegaard i. 24 Their main weapon of irony was wielded successfully against Hegel, reducing his ponderous necessities to thin air, before the agile attack of the ironizing human spirit.
1975 R. Pynsent in R. Federman Surfiction 147 Phrasal and situational themes recur as do the author's ironizing comments on his own writing.
2004 C. Pressler in M. Marrapodi Shakespeare, Italy, & Intertextuality viii. 114 Their attempts to understand and moralize their own positions are undercut by an ironizing narrator who refuses to accept their set speeches at face value.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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