absurdity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a message whose content is at variance with reason
    absurdness; ridiculousness.
  2. noun a ludicrous folly
    silliness; fatuity; fatuousness.
    • the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior

WordNet

Ab*surd"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. absurditas: cf. F. absurdite.
Wordforms
plural Absurdities
Definitions
  1. The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. "The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number." Locke.
  2. That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
    His travels were full of absurdities. Johnson.

Webster 1913