English-Thai Dictionary

absurdity

N ความ ไร้สาระ  ความ น่าขัน  ความ ไม่ เป็น เหตุ เป็นผล  nonsense senselessness khwam-rai-sa-ra

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ABSURDITY

n. 1. The quality of being inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. Want of judgment, applied to men; want of propriety, applied to things.
2. That which is absurd; in this sense it has a plural; the absurdities of men.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ABSURDITY

Ab *surd "i *ty, n.; pl. Absurdities. Etym: [L. absurditas: cf. F.absurdite.]

 

1. The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. "The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number. " Locke.

 

2. That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. His travels were full of absurdities. Johnson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

absurdity

ab surd i ty |əbˈsərditē, -ˈzərd -əbˈsərdədi | ▶noun ( pl. absurdities ) the quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable: Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the situation | the absurdities of haute cuisine. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘dissonance ’): from Latin absurditas, from absurdus (see absurd ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

absurdity

ab ¦surd |ity |əbˈsəːdɪti | ▶noun ( pl. absurdities ) [ mass noun ] the quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable: Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the situation | [ count noun ] : the absurdities of haute cuisine. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘dissonance ’): from Latin absurditas, from absurdus (see absurd ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

absurdity

absurdity noun these artworks convey a sense of the absurdity of contemporary life: preposterousness, ridiculousness, ludicrousness, incongruity, inappropriateness, risibility, idiocy, stupidity, foolishness, folly, silliness, inanity, insanity; unreasonableness, irrationality, illogicality, pointlessness, senselessness; informal craziness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

absurdity

absurdity noun Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the situation: preposterousness, ridiculousness, ludicrousness, absurdness, farcicality, risibility; idiocy, stupidity, foolishness, folly, silliness, inanity, insanity; unreasonableness, irrationality, illogicality, nonsensicality, pointlessness, senselessness, incongruity; informal craziness. ANTONYMS reasonableness, sense.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

absurdity

ab surd i ty /əbsə́ː r dəti, -zə́ː r d- /名詞 複 -ties U 不合理, 不条理 ; ばからしさ ; C ばかげた言動 .