absurdity

Noun

Meaning

The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

silliness fatuity absurdness ridiculousness fatuousness error comedy paradox madness nonsense insanity extravagance farce folly futility
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Antonyms

sapience same standard success sense experience
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Hypernyms

nonsense folly foolishness bunk hokum meaninglessness

Derivatives

absurdities

Examples

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. Joseph Addison

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. Samuel Johnson

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face. Albert Camus

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods. Arthur Schopenhauer

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it. Václav Havel

It is an absurdity that he should rule others who cannot command himself. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

absurdist comedy absurdist drama Absurdistan absurdly absurdness absurdum