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German
Etymology
From wider- + Sinn.
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Noun
Widersinn m (strong, genitive Widersinnes or Widersinns, no plural)
- misinterpretation, countersense
- inconsistency, contradiction
- nonsense, absurdity
1905, Sigmund Freud, “Der Witz und seine Beziehung zum Unbewussten”, in Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious, page 45:Hat die Verwendung des Widersinnes in der Witztechnik jedesmal diese Bedeutung?- Does the use of absurdity in joke technique always have this significance?
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