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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
The scene featured joy, frustration, absurdity and exhaustion.
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 18 June 2026
These days, fear and absurdity walk hand in hand, and anyone who’s scrolled a news feed knows how quickly abject terror can morph into cathartic giggles.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 June 2026
Each image is accompanied by a brief description of Saada’s perspective of the couple’s story, meant to reflect the tenderness, vulnerability and accessional absurdity that accompanies love.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
To Kaarsbo, the absurdity was partly reassuring.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 18 June 2026
These days, fear and absurdity walk hand in hand, and anyone who’s scrolled a news feed knows how quickly abject terror can morph into cathartic giggles.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 June 2026
Each image is accompanied by a brief description of Saada’s perspective of the couple’s story, meant to reflect the tenderness, vulnerability and accessional absurdity that accompanies love.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
To Kaarsbo, the absurdity was partly reassuring.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 15 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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The forecast for Thursday calls for craziness.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
18 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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“Absurdity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absurdity. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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