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Meanings of absurdity in English

Portuguese
absurdidade
Catalan
absurditat
Spanish
desatino

A ludicrous folly.

absurdidade
Portuguese
absurdez
Catalan
absurditat

A message whose content is at variance with reason.

absurdez
Russian
абсурд
Portuguese
absurdo
Spanish
absurdo
Catalan
absurd

Extremely unreasonable, so as to be foolish or not taken seriously.

абсурд

The quality of being valueless or futile.

Usage of absurdity in English
1
A free press in Malta in the Italian language is an absurdity.
Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Welli...
2
But in Scotland it is being carried to the point of absurdity.
The Guardian
3
His success and reliability took man-love to new, twisted levels of absurdity.
The Guardian
4
On the other hand there was something fascinating in the very absurdity.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
5
This is absurd; but the absurdity is interesting, as recalling the connection.
Woman in the Nineteenth Century / and Kindred Papers Relating to...
6
Did not the statement, 'You do not exist', contain a logical absurdity?
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
7
But another clause of the Constitution proves the absurdity of the supposition.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 4 of 4
8
The absurdity of the situation sees sarcasm kick in on social media.
The Irish Times
9
Not the least intention of any romantic absurdity was in her mind.
The Highgrader
10
Drunk as he was, the rancher saw the absurdity of the attack.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
11
Here are the shocks, scandals and absurdity of the past few years.
News.com.au
12
And yet, rather than encouraging them to conform, we celebrate their absurdity.
The Guardian
13
First absurdity: the Peace Conference and its nine hundred and ninety-nine branches.
Three Soldiers
14
He's hammy: he crosses a line into a kind of hypnotic absurdity.
The new yorker
15
That watchfullest showing no alarm, the absurdity of the suspicion smothered it.
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 2
16
The audience ended by fairly roaring under the cumulative effect of absurdity.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
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United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common