absurdness

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English

Etymology

absurd +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈsɜːd.nəs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈsɝd.nəs/, /æbˈzɝd.nəs/, /əbˈsɝd.nəs/, /əbˈzɝd.nəs/
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Noun

absurdness (countable and uncountable, plural absurdnesses)

  1. (rare) The quality of being absurd; absurdity.

References

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absurdness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.