absurd

Etymology
First attested in 1557. From, from , from +. Compare.

Adjective

 * 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.
 * 2)  Inharmonious; dissonant.
 * 3) Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
 * 4) Dealing with absurdism.
 * 1)  Inharmonious; dissonant.
 * 2) Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
 * 3) Dealing with absurdism.
 * 1) Dealing with absurdism.
 * 1) Dealing with absurdism.

Usage notes

 * In the comparative and superlative degrees, the forms more absurd and most absurd are usually preferred over,.
 * Webster 1913 has the sole definition "Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream."

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:absurd
 * See also Thesaurus:absurd

Collocations

 * absurd idea
 * absurd thing
 * absurd notion
 * absurd story
 * absurd result
 * absurd consequence
 * absurd practice
 * absurd way
 * absurd manner
 * absurd figure
 * absurd thought
 * absurd question
 * absurd situation
 * absurd world
 * absurd desire

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: абсу́рдны, недарэ́чны, бязглу́зды
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Min Nan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: absurd
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:, mõttetu
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: აბსურდი, უაზრო, მცდარი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: tak masuk akal,
 * Interlingua: absurde
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 馬鹿らしい, ,
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean: 황당하다, 불합리하다
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian: апсурден
 * Manx: meecheeallagh
 * Maori: haraki
 * Mongolian: учир утгагүй
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, meningsløs,
 * Nynorsk: absurd, meiningslaus
 * Plautdietsch: onveninftich
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: amaideach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: absúrden
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, , , , ipe sapa gelmez
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: אַבסורד

Noun

 * 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.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: absurditet
 * Dutch:
 * Hungarian:
 * Macedonian: апсурд
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Polish:, , , , , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: а̀псурд
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish: absurditet
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) absurdity

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Adverb

 * 1) absurdly

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1) absurd

Etymology
From, from , from.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) absurdity, nonsense

Etymology
From, from.

Etymology
From, from both , from , from , from + and from , from.

Adjective

 * 1)  absurdist
 * 1)  absurdist
 * 1)  absurdist
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 * 1)  absurdist

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) absurdity, nonsense
 * 2)  absurdity
 * 1)  absurdity
 * 1)  absurdity

Etymology
,.

Etymology
Borrowed from.