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1. Something that is absurd or ridiculous; a logical contradiction
   - absurdness, ridiculousness
    
2. A ludicrous folly
   "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behaviour";
   - fatuity, fatuousness, silliness

Derived forms: absurdities

Type of: bunk [informal], folly, foolishness, hokum [informal], meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, unwiseness

Encyclopedia: Absurdity