absurdity
Example Sentences
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First with the Cambridge Footlights and later with the Pythons, Idle honed a linguistically-focused style that bridged highbrow absurdity and accessible, pop culture-driven humor.
From Los Angeles Times
To the end there are sensations to describe, absurdities to ponder and memories to relate.
I almost laughed at the absurdity of it.
From Literature
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Citing “the Court’s obligation to avoid absurdity,” Judge Sarah D. Morrison found that state gambling law applies to the prediction market’s sports contracts.
From Barron's
"It is pure intention: if there is chaos, it is authored chaos: if it is ugly, it is designed ugliness; if it is absurd, it is willed absurdity."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.