absurd
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Absurd Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Absurd
(n.)
An absurdity.
(a.)
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream.
(n.)
An absurdity.
(a.)
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream.
| WordNet 2.0 |
absurd
Adjective
1. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
(synonym) unreasonable
(similar) illogical, unlogical
2. completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
(synonym) cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous
(similar) foolish
Adjective
1. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
(synonym) unreasonable
(similar) illogical, unlogical
2. completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
(synonym) cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous
(similar) foolish
| hEnglish - advanced version |
absurd
absurd
absumption \ab*sump"tion\ (#; 215), n. [l. absumptio. see absume.] act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction. [obs.] t. browne.
similar words(1)
theater of the absurd
absurd
absumption \ab*sump"tion\ (#; 215), n. [l. absumptio. see absume.] act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction. [obs.] t. browne.
similar words(1)
theater of the absurd
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absurd
Inconsistent with reason or common sense.
Inconsistent with reason or common sense.
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
absurd
baoth, gan chiall, míréasúnta
baoth, gan chiall, míréasúnta
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Absurd Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
absurd
futurus
futurus
Absurd Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Absurd
Absurd can refer to:
- Absurdism, a philosophy born of existentialism
- absurdity, with small "a", is a form of surreal humour
- Theatre of the Absurd, an artform utilizing the philosophy of absurdism
- Absurd (band), a National Socialist Black Metal band.
- Absurd (Fluke song), an electronic music single by the band Fluke
- Cabaret Jar, a slang synonym for absurdity
- mathematics/logic: a statement that is clearly not correct, as in reductio ad absurdum
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