absurd meaning
1 absurd. 2  In an era when federal judges issue rulings that in their impact often rival the lawmaking of any legislature in the land, it is increasingly absurd that their proceedings should remain off-limits to the same wider public scrutiny that news cameras have brought to courts in 48 states. More. One sense of the Latin word absurdus was ‘out of tune’, and in the past absurd was occasionally used with this meaning. From this Latin sense it developed the meaning ‘out of harmony with reason, irrational’. 1 In an era when federal judges issue rulings that in their impact often rival the lawmaking of any legislature in the land, it is increasingly absurd that their proceedings should remain off-limits to the same wider public scrutiny that news cameras have brought to courts in 48 states. 2. the absurd, the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world. absurdus out of tune, uncouth, ridiculous. See ab -, surd ]. ab•surd′ly, adv. 1. utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false. 2. the absurd, the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world. absurdus out of tune, uncouth, ridiculous. 1. theater of the absurd-plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless; Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco have written plays for the theater of the absurd. Mid 16th century: from Latin absurdus 'out of tune', hence 'irrational'; related to surdus 'deaf, dull'. More. One sense of the Latin word absurdus was ‘out of tune’, and in the past absurd was occasionally used with this meaning. From this Latin sense it developed the meaning ‘out of harmony with reason, irrational’. One sense of the Latin word absurdus was ‘out of tune’, and in the past absurd was occasionally used with this meaning. theater of the absurd. A type of drama that tries to portray the absurdity of human life using illogical, meaningless, and deliberately confusing action and dialogue. Sisyphus — the symbol of human being absurdity. Franz Stuck. In philosophy,  the Absurd  refers to the conflict between (1) the human tendency to seek inherent value and meaning in life and (2) the human inability to find any.
the absurd, the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world. 