absurd
pronunciation
How to pronounce absurd in British English:
UK [əbˈsɜːd]
How to pronounce absurd in American English:
US [əbˈsɜːrd]
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- Adjective:
- inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
- completely devoid of wisdom or good sense
Word Origin
- absurd (adj.)
- 1550s, from Middle French absurde (16c.), from Latin absurdus "out of tune; foolish" (see absurdity). The main modern sense (also present in Latin) is a figurative one, "out of harmony with reason or propriety." Related: Absurdly; absurdness.
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Example
- 1. This is what I call an absurd reasoning .
- 2. The problem is not the rules that are self-evidently absurd .
- 3. Critics will call this proposal impractical , even absurd .
- 4. But the absurd stories and rum prose are not necessarily works of art .
- 5. The idea of arms control in cyberspace is absurd .