absurdity

[US]/əb'sɜːdɪtɪ/
[UK]/əb'sɝdəti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. extreme irrationality, ludicrous behavior

Phrases & Collocations

reduction to absurdity

Example Sentences

Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the situation.

The absurdity of the situation made everyone laugh.

an absurdity carried to its ultimate

It was only later that she could see the absurdity of the situation.

Augustine (On Jn. tr. 34, 8f).A convenient, festive messianism, without strength and responsibility is an absurdity, it is even satanism (Mt 16, 23).

Shameless hilarity in restaurants, malls, on the sidewalk -- a private world of absurdity and delight, in love with the ridiculousness of the world and each other.

Real-world Examples

She said her lawyer had highlighted the absurdity of her judicial harassment.

Source: BBC Listening Collection March 2013

So each week beheld some fresh absurdity.

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

Oh, the absurdity of it all.

Source: Deadly Women

Here in the trees it was much easier to believe the absurdities that embarrassed me indoors.

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

In its smutty absurdity the situation was irresistibly comical.

Source: Brave New World

And for many people, the feeling of absurdity is unbearable.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

Seeing the absurdity in such squabbles has proven to be crucial.

Source: People Magazine

Instead, Mr Loznitsa allows the absurdity and tragedy of life to speak for themselves.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

It is sheer absurdity to think yourself " guilty" for rendering such a service.

Source: Selected Modern Chinese Essays 1

On the other, faced with this absurdity, we have millions of poor people in France.”

Source: VOA Special March 2016 Collection

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