outlandishness
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The gentle dramas of Kelly Reichardt, the body horror of David Cronenberg and the outlandishness of Tom Green’s “Freddy Got Fingered” all come up as sign posts.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024
Chloé Gay Brewer and Casey Long, who perform these roles, are game troupers up for any outlandishness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
It appeared in newspapers across the country, sometimes illustrated with drawings possibly meant to convey the outlandishness of the prediction: a female politician orating in Congress, for example.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2022
But then again, James’s outlandishness constituted the through-line of his visible career.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
After all, it’s not the outlandishness of its conclusions that makes something a pseudoscience: lucky guesses, serendipity, bizarre hypotheses, and even an initial gullibility all play a role in science as well.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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