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, absurdity, 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, absurdity, 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. Ellie Kemper:

   The absurdity has only been heightened, and the sincerity has only been thickened, the more we all know each other, the deeper it gets. And that's not to say it gets less funny, because it gets very funny, but there are many more layers coming out.

2. Stuart Stevens:

   It's like a student body election. You have to respect the absurdity of it or it'll drive you crazy.

3. Stanislaw Mocek:

   Were in a fog of legal absurdity.

4. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce:

   Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.

5. Vaclav Havel:

   Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.