absurdism

English

Etymology

From absurd +‎ -ism (“doctrine, theory”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əbˈsɜːdˌɪz.m̩/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɝdˌɪz.m̩/, /əbˈsɝdˌɪz.m̩/, /æbˈzɝdˌɪz.m̩/, /əbˈzɝdˌɪz.m̩/

Noun

absurdism (usually uncountable, plural absurdisms)

1. (uncountable, philosophy) A philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
2. (countable) Absurdity, something that is absurd
   • 2004, Gerard Jones, Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book, →ISBN, page 113:

     Henri Duval is a swashbuckling adventure with an absurdism straight out of Douglas Fairbanks: Siegel makes his hero a dandy who draws swords on men who insult his clothes.

Translations

philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational

• Arabic: عَبَثِيَّة (ʕabaṯiyya)
• Azerbaijani: absurdizm
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 荒謬主義／荒谬主义 (huāngmiùzhǔyì)

• Finnish: absurdismi (fi)
• German: Absurdismus
• Italian: absurdism (it)
• Japanese: 不条理 (ja) (ふじょうり, fujōri)
• Korean: 부조리(不條理) (ko) (bujori)
• Lithuanian: absurdizmas
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: absurdisme (no) m

• Polish: absurdyzm
• Portuguese: absurdismo (pt) m
• Russian: абсурди́зм (ru) (absurdízm)
• Spanish: absurdismo, filosofía del absurdo
• Swedish: absurdism (sv)
• Turkish: absürdizm (tr)

absurdity — see absurdity