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This is a piece of text from the internet about the significance of the use of a Mickey Mouse theme in the movie "Full Metal Jacket":

The singing of the Mickey Mouse theme song at the end. This is ironic wherein the song is a farewell until next time, it signifies a definite end in the film – of life and innocence.

Can "wherein" in this example be essentially replaced by the words "in a way that" Is this the correct usage of this phrase?

Wherein:

In what way; how: Wherein have we sinned? (thefreedictionary)

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    I find the use of wherein rather odd here. I would prefer in that or in the way that.
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented Jun 25, 2022 at 8:17
  • "Wherein" normally means "in which". It doesn't fit in your example.
    – BillJ
    Commented Jun 25, 2022 at 8:45
  • "From the internet" is not a proper way to cite quoted text.
    – MarcInManhattan
    Commented Jun 22, 2023 at 2:07
  • The first sentence isn't a complete sentence. It has no verb. In the second sentence wherein makes no sense. To be honest, this doesn't look like anything you should be trying to learn from. It's not an example of good English. "Wherein" usually just means "in which", but this doesn't work in the example.
    – Billy Kerr
    Commented Jun 16 at 0:27

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Lexico:

In which. 'the situation wherein the information will eventually be used'

So it could be replaced with "in the way that".

This is ironic in the way that the song is a farewell until next time, it signifies a definite end in the film – of life and innocence.

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