ABSURDITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does absurdity mean? • ABSURDITY (noun)
The noun ABSURDITY has 2 senses:
1. a message whose content is at variance with reason
2. a ludicrous folly
Familiarity information: ABSURDITY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ABSURDITY (noun)
Meaning:
A message whose content is at variance with reason
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
absurdity; absurdness; ridiculousness
Hypernyms ("absurdity" is a kind of...):
bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)
Meaning:
A ludicrous folly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
fatuity; fatuousness; silliness; absurdity
Context example:
the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior
Hypernyms ("absurdity" is a kind of...):
folly; foolishness; unwiseness (the trait of acting stupidly or rashly)
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