unironic

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Etymology

From un- +‎ ironic.

Adjective

unironic (not comparable)

  1. Not ironic; free of irony. Sincere or genuine.
    • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 242:
      Fenella remembered, that play with the unironic title of A Woman Killed with Kindness, had reflected a civilization a thousand times more complex.
    • 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 313:
      Like some lost America, down to blue strata of cigarette smoke and the completely un-ironic deployment of the Frank Sinatra, […]
    • 2009 January 11, Ken Tucker, “He’s a Good Guy, but He’s Not Very Nice”, in New York Times‎:
      "M Squad," however, is both unironic and, thanks to Marvin's pent-up acting, bracingly modern.

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