absurdist
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- adjective
- /əbˈsɜrdɪst/
- Formal
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absurdista
- Granted, it's a wonderfully rendered half-hour of absurdist comedy.
- absurdist humor
- absurdist comedy
- absurdist play
Quite often people encounter existentialist or Camusian absurdist literature and they say, oh, the world doesn't have any meaning.
- Quite often people encounter existentialist or Camusian absurdist literature and they say, oh, the world doesn't have any meaning.
- It tips to that absurdist point, and then everyone is laughing.
Examples
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Quite often people encounter existentialist or Camusian absurdist literature and they say, oh, the world doesn't have any meaning.
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The entire night had an absurdist air.
Academic text (2011) -
But he maintained his cool somehow... and it somehow settled into sort of an absurdist drama... where they would sort of talk.
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The lights come on as the last absurdist images flicker off.
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It tips to that absurdist point, and then everyone is laughing.
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Natasza Goerke (b. 1960) has published three books of short prose characterized by narrative experiment, absurdist humor, and her engagement with Tibetan Buddhism.
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Many plays by Samuel Beckett exemplify absurdist themes, highlighting the meaninglessness of human existence.
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Her latest novel is an absurdist exploration of life's unpredictable and illogical nature.
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"Waiting for Godot" is considered a quintessential absurdist work, as it reflects the absurdity of waiting for something that may never come.
Synonyms
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Very silly or unreasonable in a way that makes people laugh
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Not based on clear reason or thinking
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Very silly and unreasonable so it seems laughable
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To believe life has no meaning and reject moral or religious rules
Very silly in a way that makes people laugh
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How Absurd
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Morphology
Etymology
Absurdist The word absurdist comes from absurd, which originally meant 'out of tune' and now means 'not making sense', plus the ending -ist that names a style or belief. So, as an adjective absurdist describes art or ideas that feel strange or illogical and question meaning.