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‖ absurdum|æbˈsɜːdəm| [L. neuter of absurdus adj., used substantively as a scholastic term in med.L.] An absurd or illogical conclusion or condition. See reductio ad absurdum.
a1834Lamb Spec. fr. Fuller 537 note, Setting up an absurdum on purpose to hunt it down. 1877Kinglake Crimea (ed. 6) I. xv. 342 Reducing the theory of Representative Government to the absurdum. |