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ABSURDNESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does absurdness mean?

• ABSURDNESS (noun)
The noun ABSURDNESS has 1 sense:

1. a message whose content is at variance with reason

Familiarity information: ABSURDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ABSURDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A message whose content is at variance with reason

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

absurdity; absurdness; ridiculousness

Hypernyms ("absurdness" is a kind of...):

bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)

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