unironic
adjective
un·iron·ic
ˌən-ˌī-ˈrä-nik 
also -i-ˈrä-
unironically
ˌən-ˌī-ˈrä-ni-k(ə-)lē
adverb
also -i-ˈrä-
The first album was easygoing and frequently humorous, but it was also bracingly direct and … unironically passionate.
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Greg Sandow
Greg Sandow
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Who better, then, to pry Eve loose than a rangy, rakish music journalist (Benjamin Bratt) whose game includes unironic hat-wearing and — like a dispiriting number of men in his age bracket — the unembarrassed deployment of Stephen Stills lyrics?
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The film teases a will-they-or-won’t-they frisson about the two, and occasionally taps a lush score that wafts in the romantic melancholy of a 1960s American melodrama (making one wonder if the score from May December is starting to have its first, unironic imitations).
—Nicolas Rapold, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
It’s crowded with actors dressed in costumes fit for Louis XVI’s court to represent the woman’s, once more, unironic, aspirations to be an American Marie Antoinette.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2024
There’s a real, unironic demand for vintage Ikea — from its Ettore Sottsass–inspired Memphis era to its vivid Scandi items.
—Lindy Segal, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The film teases a will-they-or-won’t-they frisson about the two, and occasionally taps a lush score that wafts in the romantic melancholy of a 1960s American melodrama (making one wonder if the score from May December is starting to have its first, unironic imitations).
—Nicolas Rapold, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
It’s crowded with actors dressed in costumes fit for Louis XVI’s court to represent the woman’s, once more, unironic, aspirations to be an American Marie Antoinette.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2024
There’s a real, unironic demand for vintage Ikea — from its Ettore Sottsass–inspired Memphis era to its vivid Scandi items.
—Lindy Segal, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Unironic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unironic. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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