theater of the absurd
noun phrase
: theater that seeks to represent the absurdity of human existence in a meaningless universe by bizarre or fantastic means
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To me, so much of what’s happening today is absurd, and so why not use theater of the absurd to define it?
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025
Sell tickets to the theater of the absurd in chambers.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
So should everyone just throw their hands up and look forward to the next theater of the absurd?
—Peter L. Levin, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2013
But this whole saga has, at times, taken center stage in the theater of the absurd.
—Bill Oram, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025
Sell tickets to the theater of the absurd in chambers.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
So should everyone just throw their hands up and look forward to the next theater of the absurd?
—Peter L. Levin, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2013
But this whole saga has, at times, taken center stage in the theater of the absurd.
—Bill Oram, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
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“Theater of the absurd.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theater%20of%20the%20absurd. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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