poetic justice

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Definition of poetic justice in English Turkish dictionary

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Definition of poetic justice in English English dictionary

The rewarding of virtue, and the punishment of vice, especially in an ironic manner

an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)

If you describe something bad that happens to someone as poetic justice, you mean that it is exactly what they deserve because of the things that that person has done. The rewarding of virtue and the punishment of vice, often in an especially appropriate or ironic manner. a situation in which someone suffers, and you think they deserve it because they did something bad

Hyphenation

po·e·tic Jus·tice

Turkish pronunciation

pōetîk cʌstıs

Synonyms

just deserts, payback, just punishment, nemesis, punitive action, retribution, retributive justice, virtue rewarded, warrantability

Pronunciation

/pōˈetək ˈʤəstəs/ /poʊˈɛtɪk ˈʤʌstəs/