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absurdity

  • /əbˈsɜːd.ɪ.ti/ UK
  • /æbˈsɝd.ɪ.ti/ US
  • /æbˈzɝd.ɪ.ti/ US
  • /əbˈsɝd.ɪ.ti/ US
  • /əbˈzɝd.ɪ.ti/ US

Where it comes from

First attested around 1472. From Middle English absurdite, then from either Middle French absurdité, or from Late Latin absurditas (“dissonance, incongruity”), from Latin absurdus + -itas (“quality, state, degree”). Equivalent to absurd + -ity.

noun absurdities

  1. countable That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. And it is a fact that in these two days the boy had almost talked over his mother, too; had parried all her objections one after another with that indignant good sense which is often the perfection of absurdity …
  2. uncountable The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number
  3. countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable Dissonance.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: absurdness, ridiculousness, silliness, fatuousness, fatuity, nonsense, irrationality, aberration, ridiculous, folly, stupidity, ineptitude, insanity, madness, senseless, paradox

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noun that which is absurd, absurd action

Españolabsurdo, absurdidad
हिन्दीअसंगति asaṅgti, विसंगति visaṅgti
Portuguêsabsurdo, absurdidade
DeutschAbsurdität
Italianoassurdità
Românăabsurd, absurditate
Русскийабсу́рд absúrd

noun quality of being absurd

Españolabsurdidad
हिन्दीअसंगति asaṅgti, विसंगति visaṅgti
Portuguêsabsurdidade
DeutschAbsurdität
Italianoassurdità
Românăabsurditate
Русскийабсу́рдность absúrdnostʹ, неле́пость nelépostʹ
العربيةسَخَافَة saḵāfa

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@misc{absurdity_2026,
  title = {absurdity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/absurdity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}