Definition of Absurdity

Abstainer

ABSURDITY noun

	A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Academe

Regular definition:

ABSURDITY:
?b?s?:d?t? n. (pl. -ies) 1 wild inappropriateness or incongruity. 2 extreme unreasonableness. 3 an absurd statement or act. [F absurdit÷ or LL absurditas (as ABSURD)]

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