absurd
AdjektivSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//əbˈsɜːd//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//əbˈzɜːd//
- Kanada//əbˈsɚd//
- Kanada//əbˈzɚd//
- Kanada//æbˈsɚd//
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.
Adjektiv
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Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.
This proffer is absurd and reasonless.
'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great
“Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.
I know it sounds absurd / But please, tell me who I am
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veraltetInharmonious; dissonant.
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Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
Adults have condemned them to live in what must seem like an absurd universe.
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Dealing with absurdism.
Herkunft
First attested in 1557. From Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from ab (“away from, out”) + surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”). Compare surd.
Substantiv
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veraltetAn absurdity.
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The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence.
Formen
- Plural
- absurds
- Komparativ
- absurder, more absurd
- Superlativ
- absurdest, most absurd
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