absurdity
Example Sentences
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Ms. Allen concedes their regionalism but argues that they were wiser for understanding that a “provincial backwater offers as full a panoply of human folly, nobility, tragedy, and absurdity as any great metropolis.”
She blinked at the absurdity of it and glanced at Sue, who looked as stunned as she was.
From Literature
An AI-tribute to the fallen, posted on Jan. 4, represents that breed of absurdity’s apex.
From Salon
It’s one of the modern absurdities that still makes little sense to me.
From Salon
She was kind of the gateway to exceptional comedy — physical comedy, intellectual comedy, and a wonderful absurdity but also quite often, in surprising ways, rather heartbreaking.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
