absurdity
/æbˈsɝd.ɪ.ti/ noun C1- That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
- The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
Plural absurdities
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What I cannot tell,—something wonderful, an absurdity, a miracle,—of what nature he alone can tell who has mingled with our reason that folly we call hope.
It struck me as being a remarkable mixture of shrewdness and of absurdity.
Such absurdity!” said Marilla.
And in the door of the hardware store the man who had come a thousand miles to fill an appointment, uncertain almost to absurdity, with the friend of his youth, smoked his cigar and waited.
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