absurdity
noun
ab·sur·di·ty
əb-ˈsər-də-tē 
-ˈzər-
-ˈzər-
plural absurdities
1
: the quality or state of being absurd : absurdness
They laughed at the absurdity of the situation.
2
: something that is absurd
the absurdities of life
Examples of absurdity in a Sentence
to say men can't cook as well as women is of course an absurdity
the absurdity of expecting a 98-year-old woman to adequately supervise four six-year-olds
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Led by the matriarch known as Boa (Paula Dinamarca), the women take great pride in their appearances and their colorful nicknames, and can’t help but laugh at the absurdity of their situation.
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
In one swoop, Atropia satirizes the military, the media and Hollywood, and while the film has comedy at its core, there’s a pain and a poetry behind the absurdity.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Ultimately, the script frames these events as a dark comedy about the absurdity of the American experience.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
Somehow, none of it ever tips into ultraseriousness or total absurdity; the audience can both laugh at such inventions as a cabal of white supremacists (named the Christmas Adventurers) and shudder at the kind of power these characters represent.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2025
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
In one swoop, Atropia satirizes the military, the media and Hollywood, and while the film has comedy at its core, there’s a pain and a poetry behind the absurdity.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Ultimately, the script frames these events as a dark comedy about the absurdity of the American experience.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
Somehow, none of it ever tips into ultraseriousness or total absurdity; the audience can both laugh at such inventions as a cabal of white supremacists (named the Christmas Adventurers) and shudder at the kind of power these characters represent.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for absurdity
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“Absurdity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absurdity. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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