absurdity (redirected from absurdities)

ab·surd  (b-sûrd, -zûrd)

adj.

1. Ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable. See Synonyms at foolish.

2. Of, relating to, or manifesting the view that there is no order or value in human life or in the universe.

3. Of or relating to absurdism or the absurd.

n.

The condition or state in which humans exist in a meaningless, irrational universe wherein people's lives have no purpose or meaning. Used chiefly with the.

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[Latin absurdus, out of tune, absurd : ab-, intensive pref.; see ab-¹ + surdus, deaf, muffled.]

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ab·surdi·ty (-sûrd-t, -zûr-), ab·surdness n.

ab·surdly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	absurdity - a message whose content is at variance with reason absurdness, ridiculousness hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
	2.	absurdity - a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior" fatuity, fatuousness, silliness folly, foolishness, unwiseness - the trait of acting stupidly or rashly

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absurdity

noun ridiculousness, nonsense, folly, stupidity, foolishness, silliness, idiocy, irrationality, incongruity, meaninglessness, daftness (informal) senselessness, illogicality, ludicrousness, unreasonableness, preposterousness, farcicality, craziness (informal) bêtise (rare) farcicalness, illogicalness

Translations

absurdity [əbˈsəːdɪtɪ] n → absurdo

absurdity [əbˈsəːdɪtɪ] n → absurdité f

absurdity [əbˈsəːdɪtɪ] absurd n → Absurdität f

absurdity [əbˈsəːdɪtɪ] n → assurdità f inv