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Meaning of absurd

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  absurd
      adj 1: inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the
             absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is
             highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter
             Lippman
      2: 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"; "it is ludicrous
         to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn
         back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of
         universal interest in her rather dull children was
         ridiculous" [syn: {absurd}, {cockeyed}, {derisory},
         {idiotic}, {laughable}, {ludicrous}, {nonsensical},
         {preposterous}, {ridiculous}]
      n 1: a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless;
           "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--
           Albert Camus [syn: {absurd}, {the absurd}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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