" socratic irony "

[Noun]  | "Socratic irony" 

1: irony

Origin: 1721 ;

[Noun]  | "iro*ny" | \ ˈī-rə-nē \

1: the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning

2: a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony

3: an ironic expression or utterance

Origin: 1502 ;

 Latin ironia, from Greek eirōnia, from eirōn dissembler;