Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Absurdity is the state or condition of being unreasonable, meaningless, or so unsound as to be irrational. "Absurd" is the adjective used to describe absurdity, e.g., "Tyler and the boys laughed at the absurd situation."
Absurdism is the philosophical thesis that life, or the world in general, is absurd. There is wide agreement that the term "absurd" implies a lack of meaning or purpose but there is also significant dispute concerning its exact definition and various versions have been suggested.
Textual notes or a list of other readings relating to a document, especially in a scholarly edition of a text. apologia pro vita sua: defense of one's life [12] apud: in the writings of: Used in scholarly works to cite a reference at second hand aqua (aq.) water: aqua fortis: strong water
To illustrate just how serious I am about never wanting to be slapped by Mike, here is an absurd but true list of things I’d rather do than get slapped by Mike Tyson. 1.
Reductio ad absurdum, painting by John Pettie exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1884. In logic, reductio ad absurdum (Latin for "reduction to absurdity"), also known as argumentum ad absurdum (Latin for "argument to absurdity") or apagogical arguments, is the form of argument that attempts to establish a claim by showing that the opposite scenario would lead to absurdity or contradiction.
Absurdist fiction is a genre of novels, plays, poems, films, or other media that focuses on the experiences of characters in situations where they cannot find any inherent purpose in life, most often represented by ultimately meaningless actions and events that call into question the certainty of existential concepts such as truth or value. [1]
Absurdism, the philosophical theory that life in general is absurd; Absurdist fiction, a genre of novels, plays, poems, films, etc. in which the characters cannot find any inherent purpose in life Theatre of the Absurd, Absurdist plays; Absurdist humour, a synonym of surreal humour
Absurd (band), German metal band from the 1990s "Absurd", a 1997 song by Fluke, from the album Risotto "Absurd" (song), a 2021 song by Guns N' Roses; Theatre of the Absurd, art form utilizing the philosophy of Absurdism; Absurd, 1981 Italian film; Absurd or surreal humour. Absurdist fiction