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Absurd

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ab⋅surd

  [ab-surd, -zurd]
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–adjective
1. utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation.
–noun
2. the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world.
Origin:
1550–60; < L absurdus out of tune, uncouth, ridiculous. See ab-, surd

Related forms:
ab⋅surd⋅ly, adverb
ab⋅surd⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. irrational, silly, ludicrous, nonsensical. Absurd, ridiculous, preposterous all mean inconsistent with reason or common sense. Absurd means utterly opposed to truth or reason: an absurd claim. Ridiculous implies that something is fit only to be laughed at, perhaps contemptuously: a ridiculous suggestion. Preposterous implies an extreme of foolishness: a preposterous proposal.

Antonyms:
1. logical, sensible.
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ab·surd   (əb-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.

[Latin absurdus, out of tune, absurd : ab-, intensive pref.; see ab-1 + surdus, deaf, muffled.]
ab·surd'i·ty (-sûr'dĭ-tē, -zûr'-), ab·surd'ness n., ab·surd'ly adv.
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