absurdist
- noun
- /əbˈsɜrdɪst/
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artista absurdo
- And then we have Samuel Beckett, you know, waiting for Godot, existentialist, absurdist peace.
Examples
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I was so impressed by Ionesco, a Romanian absurdist, that I began reading everything he had ever written.
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So even exposure to absurdist art can have this effect.
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If you have to pin her down to some style of painting, then Joy Ray is something of an absurdist.
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Like it's like absurdist silliness from the South.
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It's very bombastic, but it's very much like a absurdist Marty McFly and and Doc Brown relationship.
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"Their strange dialogues, Fuchs saw, were not unlike those in many plays she knew from the surrealists and the absurdists, such as Beckett and Ionesco."
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Eugene Ionesco is renowned as an absurdist playwright for his exploration of illogical situations that capture the meaninglessness of life.
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As an absurdist, Samuel Beckett often used illogical dialogue and surreal scenes to illustrate the absurdity of human existence.
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Many consider Franz Kafka an absurdist because his stories highlight the irrational and perplexing nature of modern life.
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Etymology
Absurdist As a creative noun, absurdist comes from absurd ('not making sense') plus -ist as in artist, so it names a writer, actor, or artist who makes strange, illogical scenes to show the confusion and meaninglessness of life.