Synonyms for absurdity
æbˈsɜr dɪ ti, -ˈzɜr-ab·sur·di·ty

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1. absurdity

   Synonyms:
   contradiction, demonstration, nonsense, paradox, sophism

   Antonyms:
   axiom, truism

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1. absurdity, absurdness, ridiculousnessnoun

   a message whose content is at variance with reason

   Synonyms:
   ridiculousness, fatuity, absurdness, fatuousness, silliness

2. absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness, sillinessnoun

   a ludicrous folly

   "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior"

   Synonyms:
   ridiculousness, fatuity, absurdness, fatuousness, giddiness, silliness

Matched Categories

1. • Folly
   • Nonsense

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1. absurditynoun

   Synonyms:
   unreasonableness, irrationality, foolishness, folly, foolery, extravagance, absurdness

2. absurditynoun

   Synonyms:
   PARADOX, MARE'S NEST, CART BEFORE THE HORSE, absurd thing

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1. absurditynoun

   Synonyms:
   inconsistency, fallacy, irrationality, ineptitude, foolishness

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1. List of paraphrases for "absurdity":

   nonsense, aberration, absurdum

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How to use absurdity in a sentence?

1. Agnes Repplier:

   People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.

2. Peyton Reed:

   He has this wit about him, he's such an amazing dramatic, comedic actor. There is a sort of inherent absurdity to 'Ant-Man', he shrinks and controls ants and Paul is so great as that character, acknowledging the weirdness of the basic idea.

3. Aldous Huxley:

   A country which proposes to make use of modern war as an instrument of policy must possess a highly centralized, all-powerful executive, hence the absurdity of talking about the defense of democracy by force of arms. A democracy which makes or effectively prepares for modern scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic.

4. John Stuart Mill:

   That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next.

5. Tony Nadal:

   I also think about the absurdity of war.