as in absurdity
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Noun
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The movie’s antic humor evokes the international Fluxus movement of the nineteen-sixties and seventies, which made political arguments through outrageous absurdity.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026 -
There might be a small touch of some discomfort or dissonance or awkwardness or absurdity or something.—
Deputy Entertainment,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Well, the Premier League table is definitely worth looking at, if only to marvel at its ludicrousness.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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That person — a sunny, daffy, confection of trashy Southern ridiculousness — is just not a mean person.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2026
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Devoted fans will catch every clever nod, while newcomers can enjoy the romance, rivalry, and Regency ridiculousness without the multi-volume commitment.—
Cincinnati Enquirer,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Mar. 2026
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There’s a wild paradox in the middle of the biggest story in tech right now.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
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That productivity paradox has translated into spikes in youth unemployment and burnout, and a drag on economic growth.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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There is an incongruity that may be best understood as an irony.—
Aaron Matz,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Petzold marvelled at the incongruities.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Even Sabrina Carpenter, whose hyper-femme aesthetic is closest to Larsson’s, presents her act from a place of irony.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The long-term irony could be stark.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Roald Dahl’s legacy is something of a contradiction.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
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Iran did not feel like a contradiction so much as a place layered with realities that do not resolve neatly.—
Barry Hoffner,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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Reinsdorf noted the peculiarities of the prior hiring process, which took place in March 2020 in the early throes of the COVID-19 pandemic with a limited ability to hold meetings and communicate remotely.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Simpson’s paradox demonstrates how counterintuitive statistics can be This article is from Proof Positive, our friendly newsletter that explores the joys and peculiarities of math.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Illogicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogicality. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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