absurdness

noun

Definition of absurdnessnext
as in craziness

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  1. absurdity
  2. madness
  3. foolishness
  4. inanity
Noun
  • Some bills memorably illustrated the absurdity of a system that turns ordinary mishaps into extraordinary revenues.
    Elisabeth Rosenthal, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
  • While the absurdity of Skibidi Toilet can be baffling to many (including Gen Z), its cultural impact has been so significant that Gerasimov is in talks with director Michael Bay to adapt a movie and television series.
    George Yang, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of absurdity
Noun
  • The owner assured them there was a method to her madness.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The original Caligari, in which a mysterious doctor and his fortune-telling somnambulist commit a series of murders and drive two young people to madness, is often regarded as a critique of Germans’ blind obedience to tyrannical authority during the First World War.
    Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of madness
Noun
  • The problem is not the companies but the system, whose foolishness is very clear to those, like me, who have spent decades abroad.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The Lakers were, again, the Lakers — the version from early this season that made optimism seem nothing like foolishness.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of foolishness
Noun
  • There is just nothing to like about this spring-forward inanity.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 24 May 2024
  • And so, saying poor people choose to be poor and these kind of inanities at the time.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of inanity
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