ABSURDITIES Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

absurdities

noun

plural of absurdity

as in insanities

a foolish act or idea to say men can't cook as well as women is of course an absurdity

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Recent Examples of absurdities The absurdities and tragedies of daily life in dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu’s Romania roar from the page in Oana Aristide’s irresistible debut. — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026 Instead, the museum focuses on language, relationships, self-mockery, and life’s absurdities, with rakija served to visitors as the ultimate symbol of Balkan resilience. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026 Zinn also lived through some of the absurdities that Yossarian encountered. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026 This game, and this series, is a microcosm of the absurdities of online baseball discussion. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Like a more crass, animated Seinfeld, Rocko deals with the mundanities and absurdities of daily life. — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026 And for a period of time, many Republicans resisted these kinds of absurdities. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026 Despite the show’s absurdities, Euphoria dominated the cultural conversation and made stars of its main cast. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026 There’s unintentional comedy in the earnest impersonations that Assayas’s movie relies on, and it would have been improved by a similarly overt embrace of its absurdities. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026

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insanities

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Working with Chhaya clients who were facing foreclosure, Mamdani got an intimate look at the little insanities of the city’s housing crisis.

— Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025

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