postirony

See also: post-irony

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ irony.

Noun

postirony (countable and uncountable, plural postironies)

1. Alternative form of post-irony
   • 2010, Albert J. Mills, Gabrielle Durepos, Elden Wiebe, Encyclopedia of Case Study Research: L - Z‎^[1]:

     In doing this in art, architecture, literature, and some philosophical outputs it tends to adopt styles that embody these approaches — pastiche, improvisation, irony, and postirony collage and hybridity among them.

   • 2016, Lukas Hoffmann, Postirony: The Nonfictional Literature of David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers, transcript Verlag, →ISBN, page 10:

     Postirony is only one term in use for the group of writers I investigate in this book, the others being post-postmodernism and new sincerity. However, not one of these labels seems applicable without causing problems.