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Absurdity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Absurdity? [n] a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior" [n] a message whose content is at variance with reason Synonyms \| Synonyms for Absurdity: absurdness \| fatuity \| fatuousness \| ridiculousness \| silliness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Absurdity: absurdness \| act of folly \| aimlessness \| amphigory \| anticness \| babble \| babblement \| balderdash \| bibble-babble \| bizarreness \| bizarrerie \| blabber \| blather \| blunder \| bombast \| bootlessness \| claptrap \| craziness \| curiousness \| daftness \| deformity \| dottiness \| double-talk \| drivel \| drollery \| drollness \| drool \| dumb trick \| eccentricity \| emptiness \| error \| fallacy \| fantasticality \| fantasticalness \| fatuity \| fecklessness \| fiddledeedee \| fiddle-faddle \| flummery \| folderol \| folly \| foolishness \| freakishness \| fruitlessness \| fudge \| funniness \| fustian \| futility \| gabble \| galimatias \| gammon \| gibber \| gibberish \| gibble-gabble \| gobbledygook \| grotesqueness \| grotesquerie \| hilarity \| hocus-pocus \| hollowness \| hopelessness \| humbug \| humorousness \| illogicality \| impossibility \| impossible \| impossibleness \| impotence \| imprudence \| inanity \| inconceivability \| incongruity \| indiscretion \| ineffectiveness \| ineffectuality \| inefficacy \| insanity \| irrationality \| jabber \| jargon \| laughability \| ludicrousness \| malformation \| meaninglessness \| monstrosity \| monstrousness \| mumbo jumbo \| narrishkeit \| niaiserie \| no chance \| nonsense \| nonsensicality \| nugacity \| nuttiness \| oddity \| otiosity \| outlandishness \| outrageousness \| oxymoron \| pack of nonsense \| palaver \| paradox \| peculiarity \| pointlessness \| prate \| prattle \| preposterousness \| pricelessness \| profitlessness \| purposelessness \| quaintness \| queerness \| quizzicalness \| rant \| rat race \| richness \| ridiculousness \| rigamarole \| rigmarole \| rodomontade \| rubbish \| self-contradiction \| senselessness \| silliness \| singularity \| skimble-skamble \| sottise \| strangeness \| stuff and nonsense \| stultiloquence \| stupid thing \| stupidity \| teratism \| the absurd \| the funny side \| the impossible \| trash \| triviality \| trumpery \| twaddle \| twattle \| twiddle-twaddle \| unimaginability \| unproductiveness \| unprofitability \| unprofitableness \| unreasonableness \| unthinkability \| unwise step \| valuelessness \| vanity \| vaporing \| vicious circle \| waffling \| weirdness \| what cannot be \| what cannot happen \| whimsicalness \| wildness \| witlessness \| wittiness \| worthlessness See Also \| folly \| foolishness \| hokum \| meaninglessness \| nonsense \| nonsensicality \| unwiseness Absurdity In Webster's Dictionary \Absurd"ity\ (-[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Absurdities} (-t[i^]z). [L. absurditas: cf. F. absurdite.] 1. The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. ``The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number.'' --Locke. 2. That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. His travels were full of absurdities. --Johnson.

Absurdity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Absurdity?

[n] a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior"
[n] a message whose content is at variance with reason

Absurdity In Webster's Dictionary

\Ab*surd"i*ty\ (-[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Absurdities}
(-t[i^]z). [L. absurditas: cf. F. absurdite.]
1. The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious
   truth, reason, or sound judgment. ``The absurdity of the
   actual idea of an infinite number.'' --Locke.

2. That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical
   contradiction.

         His travels were full of absurdities. --Johnson.

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