| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun absurdity.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (absurdity) | 1. A message whose content is at variance with reason.[Wordnet]. 2. A ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior".[Wordnet]. 3. The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.[Websters]. 4. That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.[Websters]. | |
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Date "ABSURDITIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1518. (references) |
Specialty Definition: absurdity
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Satire | ABSURDITY, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. Source: Devil's Dictionary | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] The quality of being inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. Want of judgment, applied to men; want of propriety, applied to things.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. His travels were full of absurdities. - Johnson. (references) | 2: [Noun] The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number. - Locke. (references) | |
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