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absurdity

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absurdity

(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. [First attested in the late 15^th century.]
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. [First attested in the early 16^th century.]
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
  Neither [Jones] […] nor I (in 1966) could conceive of reducing our "science" to the ultimate absurdity of reading Finnish newspapers almost a century and a half old in order to establish "priority."
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 17^th century.]

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