1
as in insanity
a foolish act or idea
to say men can't cook as well as women is of course an absurdity
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as in madness
lack of good sense or judgment
the absurdity of expecting a 98-year-old woman to adequately supervise four six-year-olds
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Recent Examples of absurdity
Current and former Social Security officials have told ProPublica over the past year that the SSI program’s complexities and absurdities remain perhaps the agency’s biggest bureaucratic headache.
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Eli Hager, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
The MADtv sketch drew directly from moments in the Sawyer interview, but with a comedic twist that pushed them into absurdity.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
And that’s the absurdity of this whole thing.
—NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
That’s the kind of hands-on absurdity that makes a road trip memorable.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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Eli Hager, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
The MADtv sketch drew directly from moments in the Sawyer interview, but with a comedic twist that pushed them into absurdity.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
And that’s the absurdity of this whole thing.
—NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
That’s the kind of hands-on absurdity that makes a road trip memorable.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absurdity
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The assassination attempt failed — and Hinckley was arrested, tried and found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1982.—
Kelsie Cairns,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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His acquittal, which led to a public outcry, had an impact on the federal insanity defense — leading to a shift in the burden of proof.—
Katrina Kaufman,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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The priests argued that madness was a punishment from the gods and that healing came through repentance, along with sacrifices that helped maintain the temple’s operations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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The final round of fixtures on Saturday is going to be madness.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The idiocy of these people knows no bounds.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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There’s a heartwarming idiocy to their pursuit, yet what festers underneath is their inability to process grief consciously and the fear that those who deem their existence meaningless might be right.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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This was the most straightforward, efficient episode of the season, pleasurable in its simplicity, with only one gimmick (the to-go orders) that barely made a difference to the episode’s outcome.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
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That simplicity is an advantage that baseball has over hockey, where everything moves so much faster and the plays don’t happen in discrete chunks.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2026
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But for now, the iconic Saratoga farm is a bucolic retreat from the craziness of Silicon Valley.—
Laura Ness,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2026
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But worry not, the podcast episode goes live tomorrow — alongside a new way to explore this craziness.—
Eric Mandel,
AJC.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Absurdity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absurdity. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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