Definition of "absurdism" []

• A philosophy, often translated into art forms, holding that humans exist in a meaningless, irrational universe and that any search for order by them will bring them into direct conflict with this universe: "True absurdism is not less but more real than reality” ( John Simon). (noun)
• An act or instance of the ridiculous: "This strained conceit never quite locates screen equivalents for the stage absurdisms” ( Village Voice). (noun)

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• "New York Times calls him "... an expert at ferreting out hypocrisy and absurdism from the more solemn crannies of American culture.""
• "Karlovic's commentary ranges from self-deprecation to self-defense to heckling of other tennis Tweeters to absurdism."
• "Specifically, his views contributed to the rise of the more current philosophy known as absurdism."