as in insanities
a foolish act or idea
to say men can't cook as well as women is of course an absurdity
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Recent Examples of absurdities
With a setting both familiar and uniquely alien to all of us watching at home, there are few limits to the kind of absurdities the cast could get into.
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
More than anything, even amid the silliness and absurdities of the medical emergencies, the show’s feel-good moments, which involve people being saved and others working together, depict a deep humanity.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
The Chair Company coheres into a gestalt, a whole that’s somehow greater than the sum of its absurdities.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
But the tastefulness of Kogonada’s realization keeps the brazen absurdities of plot masked in sleek understatement rather than gleefully exaggerating them.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
Still, Daniels and Koman drew on real research to capture the rhythms and absurdities of newsroom life.
—Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In the hour-long special, filmed at the Capitol Theater in Clearwater, Florida, Larry delivers takes on everything from family life and aging to the everyday absurdities of modern living.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
More than anything, even amid the silliness and absurdities of the medical emergencies, the show’s feel-good moments, which involve people being saved and others working together, depict a deep humanity.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
The Chair Company coheres into a gestalt, a whole that’s somehow greater than the sum of its absurdities.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
But the tastefulness of Kogonada’s realization keeps the brazen absurdities of plot masked in sleek understatement rather than gleefully exaggerating them.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
Still, Daniels and Koman drew on real research to capture the rhythms and absurdities of newsroom life.
—Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
In the hour-long special, filmed at the Capitol Theater in Clearwater, Florida, Larry delivers takes on everything from family life and aging to the everyday absurdities of modern living.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for absurdities
insanities
Noun
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Working with Chhaya clients who were facing foreclosure, Mamdani got an intimate look at the little insanities of the city’s housing crisis.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Absurdities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absurdities. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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