Meaning of absurd
Definition of absurd
(adj)
inconsistent
with
reason
or
logic
or
common
sense; "the
absurd
predicament
of
seeming
to
argue
that
virtue
is
highly
desirable
but
intensely
unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
so
unreasonable
as to
invite
derision; "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"; "a preposterous
attempt
to
turn
back
the pages of history"; "her
conceited
assumption
of
universal
interest
in her
rather
dull
children was ridiculous"
(noun)
a
situation
in which
life
seems
irrational
and meaningless; "The
absurd
is the
essential
concept
and the
first
truth"--Albert Camus
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