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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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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How to use absurdity in a sentence?

1. Bernie Sanders:

   Joe, what are you going to do to end the absurdity of billionaires buying elections and the three wealthiest Americans owning more wealth than the bottom half of our people.

2. Robert Hewison:

   Many businessmen fail to understand Python principles--the ultimate absurdity was an offer from America to buy the 'format' of the Python shows, that is, Monty Python without the Pythons--corporate methods do not have the conceptual framework to deal with an anarchist collective, run by intelligent and arrogant comedians who have proved that their method works.

3. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce:

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

4. Junius:

   When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith.

5. Al Franken:

   I had a career in identifying absurdity, and I know it when I see it.