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What does absurdity mean?

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Noun
  1. (obsolete, rare) Dissonance. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 17th century.]
  2. (countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
  3. (uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. [First attested in the early 16th century.]
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Being married is so normal until I think about it, and then it is a maze of surreal absurdity.
Whether he is fit for the job is, of course, irrelevant to the continuing absurdity of the job itself.
Consumerism reaches ever-higher levels of absurdity, yet most of us are blind to it.
Last year one MP tried to remove this legal absurdity with a Private Members Bill but failed.
At times the explanatory zeal of the commentators impels them into excess and absurdity.
The result is an airless Oedipal drama, with a persistent and inescapable note of absurdity.

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