poetic justice

== English == === Etymology === From poetic +‎ justice, a variant of poetical justice, coined by the English literary critic Thomas Rymer (c. 1643 – 1713) in the work The Tragedies of the Last Age Consider’d and Examin’d (1678): see the quotation. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəʊˌɛtɪk ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/ (General American) IPA(key): /poʊˌɛtɪk ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/, [-ɾɪk-] Hyphenation: po‧et‧ic jus‧tice === Noun === poetic justice (uncountable) (narratology) Synonym of poetical justice (“the idea that in a literary work such as a poem, virtue should be rewarded and vice punished”). (by extension, generally) The fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner. Synonym: (generally) poetical justice ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== contrapasso have it coming just deserts karma payback === References === === Further reading === poetic justice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia