absurdity

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
2. (uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
3. (countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable) Dissonance.

Concepts

absurdité

absurde

non-sens

imprudence

ineptie

incompréhensible

excessif

vanité

ridiculité

irrationalité

folie

niaiserie

Synonymes

nonsense

irrationality

senselessness

absurdness

unreasonableness

absurd

ridiculous

ridiculousness

rubbish

stupidity

fatuousness

folly

foolishness

incongruity

inconsistency

preposterousness

wildness

ineptitude

savagery

rashness

absurdism

unreason

fatuity

silliness

lunacy

impossibility

pitiful

preposterous

presumption

puerility

queerness

rash

unreasonable

unreasonably

vacuity

vanity

desipience

mental aberration

nonsensicality

unwiseness

mishegaas

hooie

mashugana

ridiculosity

aberration

absursness

abnormality

applesauce

contemptible

contradiction

Traductions

Absurdität

absurdo

assurdità

absurdidad

absurdidade

ongerijmdheid

Unsinn

absurditeit

absurdo

absurditat

assurdo

Albernheit

onding

παραλογισμός

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əbˈsɜːd.ɪ.ti/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: absurdite

In summary

First attested around 1472. From Middle English absurdite, then from either Middle French absurdité, or from Late Latin absurditas (“dissonance, incongruity”), from Latin absurdus + -itas (“quality, state, degree”). Equivalent to absurd + -ity.