Absurd Definition

əb-sûrd, -zûrd
adjective
absurder, absurdest
Extremely unreasonable, incongruous, or inappropriate.
An absurd request.
American Heritage
So clearly untrue or unreasonable as to be laughable or ridiculous.
Webster's New World
Impossible to take seriously; silly.
A character who goes through many absurd adventures.
American Heritage
Of, relating to, or manifesting the view that there is no order or meaning in human life or in the universe.
American Heritage
Of or relating to absurdism.
American Heritage
noun
The condition or state in which humans exist in an absurd universe, without meaning or purpose. Used chiefly with the.
American Heritage

(philosophy) The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence. [First attested in the early 20th century.]

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Other Word Forms of Absurd

Noun

Singular:
absurd
Plural:
absurds

Adjective

Base Form:
absurd
Comparative:
absurder
Superlative:
absurdest

Origin of Absurd

  • First attested in 1557. From Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from ab (“away from, out”) + surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”). Compare surd.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin absurdus out of tune, absurd ab- intensive pref. ab–1 surdus deaf, muffled

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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