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as in insanity
a foolish act or idea
to say men can't cook as well as women is of course an absurdity
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as in madness
lack of good sense or judgment
the absurdity of expecting a 98-year-old woman to adequately supervise four six-year-olds
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Recent Examples of absurdity
Often, that makes for a hilarious juxtaposition with the work of the show’s production designer Sharon Lomofsky, who brilliantly captures the absurdity of certain vacation destinations like a barbecue restaurant a stone’s throw from the remote Upstate New York hotel the characters are staying at.
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Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
Despite the show’s absurdities, Euphoria dominated the cultural conversation and made stars of its main cast.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
Instead of getting defensive, the distillery leaned fully into the absurdity.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
There is a level of absurdity to it that is just fun.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 1 June 2026
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Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
Despite the show’s absurdities, Euphoria dominated the cultural conversation and made stars of its main cast.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
Instead of getting defensive, the distillery leaned fully into the absurdity.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
There is a level of absurdity to it that is just fun.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absurdity
Noun
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However, what seemed like the perfect life was really a complex house of cards built on lies and insanity.—
David Hookstead OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Support ballot measures or candidates (not named Steyer) focused on reforming the state’s zoning and regulatory insanity.—
Michelle Cottle,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Driven by revenge and madness, Sweeney Todd slices necks he is meant to just shave.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
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Horkheimer and Adorno had concluded that advanced capitalism, far from being a technocratic monolith, had an inherent tendency toward chaos and madness.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Noun
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That’s the level of idiocy in the Los Angeles city government.—
Susan Shelley,
Daily News,
13 May 2026
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The idiocy of these people knows no bounds.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There's a certain simplicity to it.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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Rather than convert a traditional motor yacht to electric propulsion, the team developed a unique catamaran centered on efficiency, autonomy, and simplicity.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
13 June 2026
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Meanwhile, the Spurs had to rush off the court to avoid getting caught up in all the craziness.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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This would have been ’95 and all the craziness around samples was happening.—
Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
9 June 2026
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“Absurdity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absurdity. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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