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usually uncountable, plural absurdisms
(uncountable, philosophy) A philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail. examples
(countable) Absurdity, something that is absurd quotations examples
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.
2004, Gerard Jones, Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book, page 113