absurd

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Adjective

1. Contrary to reason or [[propriety]]; [[obviously]] and [[flatly]] opposed to [[manifest]] truth; [[inconsistent]] with the plain [[dictates]] of common sense; [[logically]] [[contradictory]]; [[nonsensical]]; [[ridiculous]]; silly. {{defdate|from mid-16th c.}}<ref name=SOED>{{R:SOED5|page=10}}</ref>
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[inharmonious|Inharmonious]]; [[dissonant]]. {{defdate|only early 17th c.}}<ref name=SOED/>
3. Having no [[rational]] or [[orderly]] relationship to people's lives; [[meaningless]]; lacking order or value.
4. Dealing with [[absurdism]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} An [[absurdity]]. {{defdate|early 17th|mid 17th c.}}<ref name=SOED/>
2. {{lb|en|philosophy|often preceded by {{m|en|the}}}} The opposition between the human search for [[meaning]] in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an [[irrational]] [[universe]] and his life has no meaning outside of his existence. {{defdate|from early 20th century in English}}<ref name=SOED/><ref>[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kierkegaard/ "Søren Kierkegaard" in ''The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'']</ref>

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