absurdity

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

absurdité

Absurdität

absurdo

assurdità

absurdidade

absurdidad

absurditeit

Unsinn

ongerijmdheid

absurditat

assurdo

absurdo

Albernheit

onding

παραλογισμός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əbˈsɜːd.ɪ.ti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: 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.