Associations to the word «Absurdity»

Wiktionary

ABSURDITY, noun. (obsolete) (rare) Dissonance. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 17th century.]
ABSURDITY, noun. (countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
ABSURDITY, noun. (uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. [First attested in the early 16th century.]

Dictionary definition

ABSURDITY, noun. A message whose content is at variance with reason.
ABSURDITY, noun. A ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley