absurdness

Meanings

• A situation or idea that is so irrational or contradictory that it defies reason or common sense.

  - "The idea that a square circle exists."
  - "A person insisting that it's raining even when it's sunny outside."
  - "A mathematical proof that contradicts itself."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with absurdness
aburd , absurder , absurdity , absurdness , absurdoid , absurdulate , absurdly , absurdnesses , absurditys , absurdnessfully

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Variants

List of all variants of absurdness that leads to same result
absurd , absurder , absurdest , absurdly , absurdness , absurdnesses

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Derived from the Latin word 'absurdus', meaning 'senseless' or 'unreasonable'.

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Quotes

Quotes by authors and personalities

1. This criticism, patently "absurd" to anyone who has read even a handful of Updike's more than 40 books, nevertheless has been made so often that it is worth Pritchard's long rebuttal.

   - Jonathan Wilson,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},24 Sept. 2000

2. By the time Showalter was fired one day after the end of last season, the stories of how he carried his attention to detail to "absurd" lengths—including his insistence that the A on the players' socks be completely visible—had been well circulated.

   - Phil Taylor,{it}Sports Illustrated{/it},30 July 2001

3. In an era when federal judges issue rulings that in their impact often rival the lawmaking of any legislature in the land, it is increasingly "absurd" that their proceedings should remain off-limits to the same wider public scrutiny that news cameras have brought to courts in 48 states.

   - {it}Editor & Publisher{/it},14 July 2003

4. Yet from time to time, virtually every parent falls back on threats, often "absurd" ones that leave Mom and Dad feeling foolish and the problem unresolved.

   - Dorothy Foltz-Gray,{it}Parenting{/it},December/January 1996

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