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Definition of Absurdness
1. Noun. A message whose content is at variance with reason.
Generic synonyms: Bunk, Hokum, Meaninglessness, Nonsense, Nonsensicality
Derivative terms: Absurd, Absurd, Absurd, Ridiculous, Ridiculous
Definition of Absurdness
1. n. Absurdity.
Definition of Absurdness
1. Noun. (context: rare) Absurdity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Absurdness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Absurdness
Literary usage of Absurdness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1853)
"In the second, the mention of, to “ wound the loud wind, or kill the still-closing
water,” is to set forth the absurdness of the attempt ; but in the first ..."
2. The Practical Works by David Clarkson (1865)
"Do but believe this effectually, and you shall be ashamed, if not astonished, at
thn absurdness and unreasonableness of your cares. from them, ..."
3. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"crasse noire, under crasse. abstrus, a. abstruse. absurde, a. absurd. absurdement,
adv. absurdly. absurdité, /. absurdity, absurdness. abus, m. abuse, ..."
4. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1886)
"... at the absurdness of their applying to me in that wherein I had no Jurisdiction.
And it seemd the more strange, because the Court's calling their Crime ..."
5. Advancement of Learning and Novum Organum by Francis Bacon, James Edwin Creighton (1900)
"... for the capital things of nature generally lie out of the beaten paths, so
that even the absurdness of a thing sometimes proves useful. ..."
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