absurd — meaning in English

English meaning

• absurd adj So unreasonable or illogical that it seems ridiculous.
• absurdity noun The quality of being absurd or ridiculous.
• nonsense noun Words, ideas, or behavior that make no sense or have no logical meaning.

Senses

absurd is used for these senses in English:

• absurd (obsolete) An absurdity. [early 17th–mid 17th c.]
• absurdity (countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
• nonsense Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.

absurdity — full definition

1. noun The quality of being absurd or ridiculous.
2. noun A particular absurd situation, statement, or action.

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