- absurdity
- noun (plural -ties) Date: 1528 1. the quality or state of being absurd ; absurdness 2. something that is absurd
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Absurdity — Ab*surd i*ty ( [i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Absurdities} ( t[i^]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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
absurdity — index incongruity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
absurdity — (n.) late 15c., from M.Fr. absurdité, from L.L. absurditatem (nom. absurditas) dissonance, incongruity, noun of state from L. absurdus out of tune; figuratively incongruous, silly, senseless, from ab , intensive prefix, + surdus dull, deaf, mute… … Etymology dictionary
absurdity — [n] ridiculous situation or behavior applesauce*, BS*, bull*, crap*, craziness, farce, flapdoodle*, folly, foolishness, hot air*, idiocy, illogicality, illogicalness, improbability, inanity, incongruity, insanity, irrationality, jazz*, jive*,… … New thesaurus
absurdity — [ab sʉr′də tē, abzʉr′də tē; əb zʉr′də tē, əbzʉr′də tē] n. 1. the quality or state of being absurd; nonsense 2. pl. absurdities an absurd idea or thing … English World dictionary
Absurdity — For other uses, see Absurd (disambiguation). An absurdity is a thing that is extremely unreasonable, so as to be foolish or not taken seriously, or the state of being so. Absurd is an adjective used to describe an absurdity, e.g., “this… … Wikipedia
Absurdity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Absurdity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 absurdity absurdity absurdness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 imbecility imbecility &c. 499 Sgm: N 1 alogy| alogy| nonsense Sgm: N 1 paradox paradox … English dictionary for students
absurdity — n. it was the height of absurdity (to insist on a refund) * * * [əb sɜːdɪtɪ] it was the height of absurdity (to insist on a refund) … Combinatory dictionary
absurdity — noun a) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. Neither [Jones] nor I (in 1966) could conceive of reducing our science to the ultimate absurdity of reading Finnish newspapers almost a century… … Wiktionary
absurdity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Quality of being absurd Nouns 1. (nonsensical quality) absurdity, absurdness, nonsense; paradox, inconsistency; inanity (See folly); ludicrousness, ridiculousness, comicality; koan, oxymoron, doublethink … English dictionary for students
absurdity — noun Milosevic spurned the evidence linking him to countless atrocities, calling the charges a supreme absurdity Syn: preposterousness, ridiculousness, ludicrousness, incongruity, inappropriateness, risibility, idiocy, stupidity, foolishness,… … Thesaurus of popular words
