I. əbˈsərd, ab-, -ˈz-, -ə̄d adjective
( sometimes -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus harsh-sounding, incongruous, absurd, from ab- ab- (I) + surdus dull-sounding, silent, deaf — more at surd
1. : marked by an obvious lack of reason, common sense, proportion, or accord with accepted ideas : ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous
the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant — Walter Lippmann
don't be so absurd as to forget you're a man, and to act like a child — Anthony Trollope
2. : self-contradictory : fallacious by reason of contradiction
Synonyms: see foolish
II. adjective
1. : having no rational or orderly relationship to man's life : meaningless ; also : lacking order or values
adults have condemned them to live in what must seem like an absurd universe — Joseph Featherstone
2. : dealing with the absurd or with absurdism
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: absurd , adjective (herein)
: the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational and meaningless universe and in which man's life has no meaning outside his own existence