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Absurdity Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Absurdity
(n.)
The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
(n.)
That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
(n.)
The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
(n.)
That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
| WordNet 2.0 |
absurdity
Noun
1. a message whose content is at variance with reason
(synonym) absurdness, ridiculousness
(hypernym) nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
2. a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior"
(synonym) fatuity, fatuousness, silliness
(hypernym) folly, foolishness, unwiseness
Noun
1. a message whose content is at variance with reason
(synonym) absurdness, ridiculousness
(hypernym) nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
2. a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior"
(synonym) fatuity, fatuousness, silliness
(hypernym) folly, foolishness, unwiseness
| The Devil's Dictionary |
ABSURDITY
Absurdity, (n.)
A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
Absurdity, (n.)
A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
| hEnglish - advanced version |
absurdity
absurdity
\ab*surd"i*ty\ (-&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), n.; pl. absurdities (-t&ibreve;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."
2. that which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. his travels were full of absurdities.
absurdity
n
1. a message whose content is at variance with reason [syn: absurdness, ridiculousness]
2. a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior" [syn: fatuity, fatuousness, silliness]
absurdity
\ab*surd"i*ty\ (-&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), n.; pl. absurdities (-t&ibreve;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."
2. that which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. his travels were full of absurdities.
absurdity
n
1. a message whose content is at variance with reason [syn: absurdness, ridiculousness]
2. a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior" [syn: fatuity, fatuousness, silliness]
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
absurdity
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Absurdity Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Kant Glossary |
ABSURDITY
[L:62] An error obvious to the common understanding; of someone who cannot be made to recognize the underlying falsity, "he is preposterous...nothing more can be done for him. He has thereby made himself both incapable and unworthy of all further correction and refutation....One cannot actually prove to anyone that he is absurd; here all arguing would be in vain."
[L:62] An error obvious to the common understanding; of someone who cannot be made to recognize the underlying falsity, "he is preposterous...nothing more can be done for him. He has thereby made himself both incapable and unworthy of all further correction and refutation....One cannot actually prove to anyone that he is absurd; here all arguing would be in vain."
Absurdity Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Surreal humour
Surreal humour is a form of humour, stylistically related to the artistic ambitions of the surrealists, based on bizarre juxtapositions, absurd situations, and nonsense logic. A common element of surreal humour is the non-sequitur, in which one statement is followed by another with no logical progression.
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