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absurd
adjective
noun
Inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
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əbˈzɜːd
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adjective
Inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
“{'source': 'Walter Lippman', 'text': 'the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant'}”
adjective
So unreasonable as to invite derision
“The absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework”
noun
A situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless
“{'source': 'Albert Camus', 'text': 'The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth'}”
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{'source': 'Walter Lippman', 'text': 'the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant'}
The absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework
That's a cockeyed idea
Ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer
A contribution so small as to be laughable
It is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion
{'source': 'Albert Camus', 'text': 'The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth'}
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