absurdism

[ ab-sur-diz-uhm, -zur- ]

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noun

the philosophical and literary doctrine that human beings live in essential isolation in a meaningless and irrational world.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of absurdism¹

First recorded in 1945–50; absurd + -ism

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Example Sentences

The difference between his outré work and the hysterical pitch of our current public discourse—besides, of course, that no one’s drafting laws based on his absurdism—is that his intentions are always playful and good-natured.

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