WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ab•surd•i•ty
(ab sûr′di tē, -zûr′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties.
- the state or quality of being absurd.
- something absurd.
- Late Latin absurditās. See absurd, -ity
- Middle French)
- late Middle English absurdite (1425–75
'absurdity' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ad absurdum
- bêtise
- folly
- funny
- graft
- grandiose
- humor
- imbecility
- impertinence
- irony
- literally
- ludicrous
- nonsense
- on
- overdraw
- overwrite
- palpable
- perfect
- reductio ad absurdum
- solecism