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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
The absurdity of his vision matches our topsy-turvy reality.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 July 2025
Amid the absurdity, the women slowly chip away at each other’s defences – finding unexpected friendship, meaning, and a strange kind of freedom.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
The set piece is exhilarating, not exhausting, and the heightened absurdity of it all is part of the fun.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 3 July 2025
Understandably, a fury arose over this absurdity, but turns out there is a reason behind it all.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 July 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 July 2025
Amid the absurdity, the women slowly chip away at each other’s defences – finding unexpected friendship, meaning, and a strange kind of freedom.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
The set piece is exhilarating, not exhausting, and the heightened absurdity of it all is part of the fun.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 3 July 2025
Understandably, a fury arose over this absurdity, but turns out there is a reason behind it all.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absurdity
Noun
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Kraepelin hoped that schizophrenia would eventually reveal itself to be a disease like neurosyphilis, which was then responsible for a large portion of the cases of insanity in psychiatry wards.—
Rachel Aviv,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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Way was nothing short of a force of nature in the role, bringing a mix of mania, terror and insanity to a character that felt straight out of the comic books he’s written.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
21 July 2025
Noun
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Mid-season madness has officially started for the Colorado Rapids, less than a week before the MLS secondary transfer window opens.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
19 July 2025
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Will the young girl in Horas Extras succumb to total madness?—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
17 July 2025
Noun
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In uncertain markets, relevance, simplicity and clear value win.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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The essence of the review is evaluation, which of course doesn’t imply the crude simplicity of a thumbs-up or thumbs-down.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
24 July 2025
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“Absurdity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absurdity. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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