absurdity
pronunciation
How to pronounce absurdity in British English:
UK [əbˈsɜːdɪti]
How to pronounce absurdity in American English:
US [əbˈsɜrdəti]
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- Noun:
- a message whose content is at variance with reason
- a ludicrous folly
Word Origin
- absurdity (n.)
- late 15c., from Middle French absurdité, from Late Latin absurditatem (nominative absurditas) "dissonance, incongruity," noun of state from Latin absurdus "out of tune;" figuratively "incongruous, silly, senseless," from ab-, intensive prefix, + surdus "dull, deaf, mute" (see susurration).
Antonym
Example
- 1. The absurdity of the rigging became clear as results came in .
- 2. The tragic absurdity of the war comes alive in the detail .
- 3. Libya has equally exposed the absurdity of the dream of a european army .
- 4. It is the stress of people compelled every day to deal with absurdity and nothingness .
- 5. A new height of dangerous absurdity came with the short-lived conflict between georgia and russia .