ironist

American  

[ahy-ruh-nist] / ˈaɪ rə nɪst /

noun

1. a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.

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Etymology

Origin of ironist

First recorded in 1720–30; iron(y) ¹ + -ist

Example Sentences

But something tells me our battered mood will see a winner in something like gifted ironist Nicolas Keppens’ “Beautiful Men,” a quirky tale of three balding Flemish brothers visiting foggy Istanbul for hair transplants.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

Franco is a cool-headed ironist with a flair for oblique narrative and a fascination with the detached worlds of the wealthy.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

Ray emerged in the mid-1970s as a keen ironist questioning sculpture’s fundamental principles by incorporating performance and process into his abstract assemblages.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022

As a man who was famously something like the seventh choice for his role, this marks him out as a keen ironist.

From The Guardian • Mar. 4, 2020

A degree in semiotics was not required to see that I was in the presence of an ironist.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann