farce
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Ionesco’s brand of absurdism is indebted to classic French farce, which is redeployed in lunatic fashion to lampoon the nonsensical nature of human existence.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
China described the visit as a "stowaway-style escape farce".
From BBC • May 2, 2026
To rework Karl Marx’s famous maxim, sometimes historical events can be tragedy and farce at the same time, and repeat themselves in the same register.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
Redactions, supposedly to protect victims, are so sweeping as to make a farce of the exercise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
“My cousin cuts to the bone, as ever. Do you have any more to say to me, Onion Knight, or can we put an end to this mummer’s farce? I grow weary of your face.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing farce
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 14–18
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