ABSURDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does absurdness mean? 

• ABSURDNESS (noun)
  The noun ABSURDNESS has 1 sense:

1. a message whose content is at variance with reason

  Familiarity information: ABSURDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABSURDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A message whose content is at variance with reason

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

absurdity; absurdness; ridiculousness

Hypernyms ("absurdness" is a kind of...):

bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)

Derivation:

absurd (inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense)

absurd (so unreasonable as to invite derision)