as in insanities
a foolish act or idea
to say men can't cook as well as women is of course an absurdity
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Recent Examples of absurdities
For all its pointed absurdities, this is an incredibly tense drama, and Farrell’s frozen face is one of its greatest weapons.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Everyday absurdities, moral failings and big-city tension carry a pointed social sting.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
The series highlights the absurdities and hypocrisies therein.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
With a setting both familiar and uniquely alien to all of us watching at home, there are few limits to the kind of absurdities the cast could get into.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
But the tastefulness of Kogonada’s realization keeps the brazen absurdities of plot masked in sleek understatement rather than gleefully exaggerating them.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
Still, Daniels and Koman drew on real research to capture the rhythms and absurdities of newsroom life.
—Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Everyday absurdities, moral failings and big-city tension carry a pointed social sting.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
The series highlights the absurdities and hypocrisies therein.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
With a setting both familiar and uniquely alien to all of us watching at home, there are few limits to the kind of absurdities the cast could get into.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
But the tastefulness of Kogonada’s realization keeps the brazen absurdities of plot masked in sleek understatement rather than gleefully exaggerating them.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
Still, Daniels and Koman drew on real research to capture the rhythms and absurdities of newsroom life.
—Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for absurdities
insanities
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Working with Chhaya clients who were facing foreclosure, Mamdani got an intimate look at the little insanities of the city’s housing crisis.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Absurdities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absurdities. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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