Babylon 10
The most popular translation software
Translation has never been so easy
100 million downloads and counting...
something ridiculous; nonsense; illogic
absurdity
\ab*surd"i*ty\ (-&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), n.; pl. absurdities (-t&ibreve;z). [l. absurditas: cf. f. absurdite.]
1. the quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. "the absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number."
2. that which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. his travels were full of absurdities.
absurdity
n
1. a message whose content is at variance with reason [syn: absurdness, ridiculousness]
2. a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior" [syn: fatuity, fatuousness, silliness]
An absurdity is a thing that is extremely unreasonable, so as to be foolish or not taken seriously, or the state of being so. "Absurd" is an adjective used to describe an absurdity, e.g., "this encyclopedia article is absurd". It derives from the Latin absurdusm meaning "out of tune", hence irrational. The Latin surdus means deaf, implying stupidity. Absurdity is contrasted with seriousness in reasoning. In general usage, absurdity may be synonymous with ridiculousness and nonsense. In specialized usage, absurdity is related to extremes in bad reasoning or pointlessness in reasoning; ridiculousness is related to extremes of incongruous juxtaposition, laughter, and ridicule; and nonsense is related to a lack of meaningfulness.
| See more at Wikipedia.org... |
Noun
1. a message whose content is at variance with reason
(synonym) absurdness, ridiculousness
(hypernym) nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
2. a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior"
(synonym) fatuity, fatuousness, silliness
(hypernym) folly, foolishness, unwiseness
míréasúntacht
Absurdity, (n.)
A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
[L:62] An error obvious to the common understanding; of someone who cannot be made to recognize the underlying falsity, "he is preposterous...nothing more can be done for him. He has thereby made himself both incapable and unworthy of all further correction and refutation....One cannot actually prove to anyone that he is absurd; here all arguing would be in vain."
(n.)
The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
(n.)
That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
Translate the English term ABSURDITY to other languages
Featured English to English Dictionaries
- Buddhism Glossary
- Electronics Terminology
- The African Music Encyclopedia Glossary-African Artist Alphabetical List
- Dialing Codes of Pakistan
- Electronic Statistics Textbook
- Rakefet
- Peterson's Glossary of Financial Aid Terms
- The Daily Script Glossary
- Glossary of Chess Terms
- The Glossary of the American Council on Science and Health
- BEA Economic Analysis Glossary
- Automotive Glossary