THEATER OF THE ABSURD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does theater of the absurd mean? 

• THEATER OF THE ABSURD (noun)
  The noun THEATER OF THE ABSURD has 1 sense:

1. plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless

  Familiarity information: THEATER OF THE ABSURD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THEATER OF THE ABSURD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco have written plays for the theater of the absurd

Hypernyms ("theater of the absurd" is a kind of...):

drama; dramatic play; play (a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage)