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noun

Absurdity n. (pl. absurdities)

The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. "The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number."

That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. "His travels were full of absurdities."

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Etymology of 'Absurdity'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Absurdity" Quotes from Famous Books

... the absurdity of which will make an Englishman laugh; but the corollaries drawn from it are serious, as they are intended to feed the hostile feeling still existing against this country; for he attempts to prove that from the time the Independence was ratified by George the Third, that we have ever ...

— Diary in America, Series Two • Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)

... The absurdity of this statement was so great that it made the captain laugh instead of making him angry; but before he could say anything more to Maka, Mrs. Cliff approached him. "You must excuse me, captain," she said, "but really the time is very ...

— The Adventures of Captain Horn • Frank Richard Stockton

... that something unpleasant should happen to the boy and that the boy should be brought to his senses.... If anyone had hinted to him that the boy was just coming to his senses he would have listened as one listens to a patent absurdity. ...

— Youth Challenges • Clarence B Kelland

... an epigram or doggerel tale impressed on it, instantly assumed at once loco-motive power and a sort of ubiquity, so as to flutter and buz in the ear of the public to the sore annoyance of the said mysterious personage. But what gives an additional and more ludicrous absurdity to these lamentations is the curious fact, that if in a volume of poetry the critic should find poem or passage which he deems more especially worthless, he is sure to select and reprint it in the review; by which, on his own grounds, he wastes ...

— Biographia Literaria • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

... they had for breakfast? She sniffed the air. "I think I can smell ham and cornbread," she said aloud, and laughed, partly at the absurdity of her fancy, chiefly at the idea of such attractive food. She aggravated her hunger by letting her imagination loose upon the glorious possibilities. A stealthy fluttering brought her glance back to the point where the ...

— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips

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