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as in insanity
a foolish act or idea
to say men can't cook as well as women is of course an absurdity
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as in madness
lack of good sense or judgment
the absurdity of expecting a 98-year-old woman to adequately supervise four six-year-olds
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Recent Examples of absurdity
Thankfully, lawmakers have recognized the absurdity of this framework and stepped up to rectify it.
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Robert Melvin, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2025
Ninety-two years on, however, there are facets of the magazine that have unequivocally improved, and absurdities that have, thank heaven, been quashed.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The film is inspired by a real-life surf gang from the Palos Verdes Peninsula, but everything from the pace to the performances has been amplified into absurdity.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Part of what makes Robinson’s Netflix show so consistently hilarious is the way his characters double down on the wrong reaction, turn minor fixations into all-consuming obsessions, escalate their anger to overthrow a situation’s over-the-top absurdity.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2025
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Robert Melvin, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2025
Ninety-two years on, however, there are facets of the magazine that have unequivocally improved, and absurdities that have, thank heaven, been quashed.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The film is inspired by a real-life surf gang from the Palos Verdes Peninsula, but everything from the pace to the performances has been amplified into absurdity.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Part of what makes Robinson’s Netflix show so consistently hilarious is the way his characters double down on the wrong reaction, turn minor fixations into all-consuming obsessions, escalate their anger to overthrow a situation’s over-the-top absurdity.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absurdity
Noun
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Dominguez has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity in the stabbing deaths of David Breaux, 50, and Karim Abou Najm, 20, at Davis’ Central and Sycamore parks; and the wounding of Kimberlee Guillory, then 64, in her tent in the city’s downtown.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
24 May 2025
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And in the insanity of general religion, why not a dolphin Jesus?—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
15 May 2025
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Beneath that dizzying madness, McQuarrie introduced a progressively more labyrinthine mythology, knitting the installments together in ways plausible and not, and expanding Hunt from impressive spy to a more elemental force.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
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Android And The Desktop Experience Unsurprisingly, Google’s I/O developer conference leaned heavily into the future of AI (Casey Newton has a good summary of the magic and the madness coming up).—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Listen to this article MIAMI — The Miami Heat’s approach to free agency last summer was simplicity, that Jimmy Butler would return hungry for an extension, the core would meet Pat Riley’s mandate of elevated attendance, Jaime Jaquez Jr. would make sophomore strides.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2025
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Bronwen Sciortino, author & simplicity expert teaching easy ways to tailor-make healthy, happy & highly successful lives.—
Bronwen Sciortino,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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“Absurdity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absurdity. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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