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# absurdity

noun (absurdities)

«absurdity» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Absurdity is the quality of being so silly or unreasonable that it makes people laugh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurdity/#m1)
2. An absurdity is a silly thing that someone says or does. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurdity/#m2)

### In the lessons

in the tales, the silly or unreasonable side of a story, such as a potter's son marrying a princess; the foolish antics of a character who never learns

### Examples

- The king laughed at the absurdity of the plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurdity/#x1)
- Labakan's absurdities made the workmen giggle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurdity/#x2)
- She told so many absurdities that nobody believed her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurdity/#x3)
- The story is full of absurdity, and that is why it is funny. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurdity/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «absurdity» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurdity/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«absurdity» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/absurdity.html) on Mova free.