absurdity
Other forms: absurdities
An absurdity is something ridiculously foolish. The U.S. declaring war on Fiji would be an absurdity.
This is the noun form of the adjective absurd, which means silly, hard-to-believe, and kind of crazy. Unless it's Halloween, it would be an absurdity to show up to school in a chicken suit. If your teacher taught math class with a fake French accent, that would also be an absurdity. A lot of comedies are full of absurdities, because an absurdity can be funny. If you're good at thinking of absurdities, maybe you should be a comedy writer.
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a ludicrous folly“the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior”synonyms: absurdism, fatuity, fatuousness, silliness
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a message whose content is at variance with reasonsynonyms: absurdness, ridiculousness
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Vocabulary lists containing absurdity
Stargirl Caraway lives life on her own terms, but when she moves to a new town her unique personality rubs others the wrong way. As the school year goes on, Stargirl is torn between staying true to herself and fitting in.
After learning about witches from his grandmother, a young boy accidentally stumbles into the witches' annual gathering — and decides to take on the Grand High Witch herself. Here are links to our lists for the novel: Chapters 1–5, Chapters 6–11, Chapters 12–22
In the aftermath of Senator Bernie Sanders' victory in the New Hampshire primary on February 9, Sanders and Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton debated again on February 11, this time in Milwaukee. The topics debated ranged from race relations in America to the refugee crisis in Syria, and there were also sharper personal attacks than in previous debates, over voting records, criticism of President Obama, and Secretary Clinton's consultation with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Here are 20 vocabulary words from the Sixth Democratic Debate of February 11, 2016.