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poetic justice
poetic justicen. The rewarding of virtue and the punishment of vice, often in an especially appropriate or ironic manner.poetic justice n fitting retribution; just deserts poet′ic jus′tice
n. an ideal or particularly fitting distribution of rewards and punishments. [1720–30] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | poetic justice - an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)just desertsfinal result, outcome, resultant, termination, result - something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" |
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poetic justice
poetic justiceA punishment or unfavorable outcome that is particularly appropriate or ironic. The CEO of the cigarette manufacturer, who has long denied the health risks associated with smoking, just died of lung cancer—now isn't that poetic justice?See also: justice, poeticpoetic justiceappropriate, ideal, or ironic punishment. It was poetic justice that Jane won the race after Mary tried to get her banned from the race. The car thieves tried to steal a car with no gas. That's poetic justice.See also: justice, poeticpoetic justiceAn outcome in which virtue is rewarded and evil punished, often in an especially appropriate or ironic manner. For example, It was poetic justice for the known thief to go to jail for the one crime he didn't commit . [Early 1700s] See also: justice, poeticpoetic justice Poetic justice is when bad things happen to someone who deserves it. Perhaps his illness was some kind of poetic justice for having deceived so many for so long. Note: Occasionally people use poetic justice to describe something good that happens to someone who deserves it. If one can resolve several problems at once — ours as well as yours — it has a certain poetic justice.See also: justice, poeticpoetic justice the fact of experiencing a fitting or deserved retribution for your actions. This phrase is from Alexander Pope's satire The Dunciad: ‘Poetic Justice, with her lifted scale’.See also: justice, poeticpoetic ˈjustice a punishment or reward that is deserved: If you ask me it’s poetic justice. He tried to get you fired, and now he’s lost his job himself.See also: justice, poeticpoetic justice
Synonyms for poetic justicenoun an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)SynonymsRelated Words- final result
- outcome
- resultant
- termination
- result
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