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Definition of the absurd
1 : a state or condition of extreme silliness or foolishness : an absurd or ridiculous state Her ideas once seemed reasonable, but now they verge on the absurd.
2 : things that are absurd a filmmaker who is fascinated with the absurd
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: ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous : extremely silly or ridiculous
: having no rational or orderly relationship to human life : meaningless
: lacking order or value
: the state or condition in which human beings exist in an irrational and meaningless universe and in which human life has no ultimate meaning
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