absurd

  • (noun): An absurdity.
  • (noun): (often preceded by the) The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence.
  • (adjective): Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.
  • (adjective): Inharmonious; dissonant.
  • (adjective): Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
  • (adjective): Dealing with absurdism.