Thursday, July 24, 2008

Absurd

  • inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense.
  • incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable".
  • a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless; "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--Albert Camus
  • Adjective concerning a contradictory and alienating aspect in itself of the material reality.

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