irony (n.)

• ambiguity
• ambivalence
• amphibology
• antinomy
• bifurcation
• burlesque
• caricature
• comedy
• conjugation
• cynicism
• dichotomy
• doublethink
• doubling
• dualism
• duality
• duplication
• duplicity
• equivocalness
• equivocation
• esprit
• farce
• humor
• innuendo
• invective
• lampoon
• oxymoron
• pairing
• paradox
• parody
• paronomasia
• pleasantry
• polarity
• polysemy
• punning
• salt
• sarcasm
• satire
• self-contradiction
• slapstick
• squib
• travesty
• uncertainty
• wit