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1. Inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
   "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"
    
2. Incongruous; inviting ridicule
   "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"
   - cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous

1. A situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless
   "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"
   - the absurd

Derived forms: absurdest, absurder, absurds

See also: absurdity, absurdly, foolish, illogical, unlogical

Type of: situation, state of affairs

Encyclopedia: Absurd