absurd
absurd Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate; contrary to all reason or common sense.
"It seems completely absurd to spend that much money on a pair of shoes you will only wear once."
Relating to or manifesting the philosophical view that human beings exist in a purposeless, chaotic universe devoid of intrinsic meaning.
"The playwright was celebrated for his absurd dramas in which characters wait endlessly for events that never occur."
• noun
An absurd state of affairs, or the philosophical condition in which human beings strive to find inherent value and meaning in a meaningless, indifferent universe (usually preceded by 'the').
"Albert Camus explored the concept of the absurd in his influential philosophical essays and novels."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century from French absurde or directly from Latin absurdus ('out of tune, discordant, foolish'), formed from ab- ('off, away from') and surdus ('deaf, dull-sounding, mute').
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