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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1. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce:

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

2. Oswald Mosley:

   Great men of action ... never mind on occasion being ridiculous in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are. A prophet or an achiever must never mind an occasional absurdity, it is an occupational risk.

3. Arthur Schopenhauer:

   In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.

4. 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.

5. Tony Nadal:

   I also think about the absurdity of war.