absurdity
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a message whose content is at variance with reason
Types & categories
- nonsense hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a ludicrous folly
the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior
Types & categories
- folly hypernym
Related & opposite
- ridiculous derivation
- laughable derivation
- vacuous derivation
- zany derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | farcical |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | absurd |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | laughable |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | nonsense |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ridiculous |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | laughable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vacuous |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | zany |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | folly |