absurdity
Example Sentences
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Absurdity isn’t a good guide to the facticity of claims about our government and leaders, either.
From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2018
Absurdity reigns for a moment, but there is no delaying the inevitable.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2017
Absurdity coexists with logic, appalled or astonished bafflement blend with efforts at analytical comprehension of practicalities and motives.
From The New Yorker • May 30, 2017
Absurdity — walking a fine line between being a punch line and serving one up — has always been part of his style of performance art.
From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2013
In his book Against Heresies, volume 2, chapter 33, the Absurdity of the Doctrine of the Transmigration of Souls is dealt with; and in the following chapter, the pre-existence of the soul is denied!
From Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution by Rothwell, Fred
Vocabulary lists containing absurdity
Stargirl
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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Vocabulary from the Sixth Democratic Debate, February 11, 2016
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