absurdity
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absurd (əbˈsɜːd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | at variance with reason; manifestly false |
| 2. | ludicrous; ridiculous |
| —n | |
| 3. | (sometimes capital) philosophy the absurd the conception of the world, esp in Existentialist thought, as neither designed nor predictable but irrational and meaningless |
| [C16: via French from Latin absurdus dissonant, senseless, from | |
| ab'surdity | |
| —n | |
| ab'surdness | |
| —n | |
| ab'surdly | |
| —adv | |
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Absurdity
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
absurdity
1520s, from M.Fr. absurdité, from L. absurditatem (nom. absurditas) "dissonance, incongruity," from absurdus "out of tune, senseless," from ab- intens. prefix + surdus "dull, deaf, mute" (see susurration). The main modern sense (also present in L.) is a fig. one,
"out of harmony with reason or propriety."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Aside from the absurdity of the plus, that is patently ridiculous.
Norris views the situation with her customary sense of the world's complexity, and absurdity.
Tree lets his guard down, even cracks a few jokes about the absurdity of his situation.
He rightly spoke of good socialism and bad socialism and the absurdity of fearing the word socialism.
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