ridiculousness

noun

Definition of ridiculousnessnext
as in absurdity

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  1. absurdity
  2. irony
  3. amusement
Noun
  • On the floor above a woman sweeps the floor, an act of absurdity that doubles as bravery, the whole scene a desperate attempt at normalcy in a world that has become anything but.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Accentuating the absurdity of the gold rush, one of the screenwriters of Mezrich’s project, Lauren Schuker Blum, was competing with her husband, the producer Jason Blum, who was racing to get HBO’s project developed.
    Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of absurdity
Noun
  • The irony, of course, is that Aaron’s crimes have far surpassed the type that once prevented Dennis from reaching his full potential.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Trump basically ripped us away from any detached sense of irony in interacting with and covering these things.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of irony
Noun
  • All of this is to say—with a little bit of amusement and a lot of (virtuous!) empathy—that humans respond to tragedy personally.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
  • City of Shanghai from its own resources will offer 500 million yuan in vouchers for people to use on dining, and amusements.
    Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
Definition of amusement
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