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absurd

adjective

  1. not plausible
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noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /əbˈsɜːd/ / /əbˈzɜːd/ / /æbˈsɚd/

adj

Etymology: First attested in 1557. From Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from ab (“away from, out”) + surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”). Compare surd.

  1. Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.

    This proffer is absurd and reasonless.

    'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great

  2. Inharmonious; dissonant.
  3. Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.

    Adults have condemned them to live in what must seem like an absurd universe.

  4. Dealing with absurdism.

noun

Etymology: First attested in 1557. From Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from ab (“away from, out”) + surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”). Compare surd.

  1. An absurdity.
  2. The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence.