word
Absurd
Uh-BSURD
/ʌˈbsɜːrd/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
absurd
Dictionary meaning
Inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense.
Examples
- The absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant- Walter Lippman.
- The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth--Albert Camus.
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