Noun: absurdity ub'sur-di-tee or ub'zur-di-tee
- Something that is absurd or ridiculous; a logical contradiction
"The absurdity of the situation made everyone laugh";
- absurdness, ridiculousness
- A ludicrous folly
"the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behaviour";
- fatuity, fatuousness, silliness
Derived forms: absurdities
Type of: bunk [informal], daftness, folly, foolishness, hokum [informal], meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, unwiseness
Encyclopedia: Absurdity