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Definition of absurdist in English: absurdistadjective əbˈsəːdɪstəbˈzərdəstəbˈsərdəst 1Intentionally ridiculous or bizarre; surreal. a delightful piece of absurdist nonsense Example sentencesExamples - This absurdist children's comedy starred the standup comic as a pizza delivery man.
- But the overriding likeness is the fun, almost absurdist sense of humor.
- It's a delightful piece of absurdist nonsense, a sitcom designed to offend highbrow admirers of minimalist dance.
- What follows is a welcome dose of absurdist humor just when we need it.
- Regrettably, the overall effect of the piece was tame—gently absurdist, charming, amusing.
- The director stays fairly conventional, reining things in when he could veer off into wonderfully absurdist territory.
- The outlandish titles appear to contain apocalyptic messages, albeit relayed with absurdist humor.
- Truly, it is absurdist comedy at its finest.
- It's a rapid-paced mélange of absurdist nonsense stuffed with mad ideas, baffling scenarios, and unlikely characters.
- The secret to Green Acres' enduring appeal is its absurdist view of the world.
2Relating to or supporting the belief that human beings exist in a purposeless, chaotic universe. Example sentencesExamples - Taking to an absurdist extreme the notion that the unique qualities of a medium should dictate its form, he produces three-dimensional objects composed solely of paint.
- It instead focuses upon the absurdist horror of one man holding back a tide of blood.
- It is an absurdist drama played out against an almost constructivist background of red, white and blue rectangles.
- His eight models are absurdist and visionary monuments to human, societal, and governmental follies, abominations, and questionable policies.
- In an absurdist prose poem he wrote at the time, renewal is associated with class-based oppression.
- It's easy shuttling between a style of largely absurdist speculation and sudden pockets of very serious assertion.
- The thriller plot is fragmented, subsumed in absurdist detail and consistently mapped onto the struggle between body and landscape.
- His films are often absurdist and violent, intrinsically drawing on his early life but never dealing directly with it.
- He based a fictional bomber squadron on the island for his absurdist 1961 book, which became a cult classic.
- They are examples of the aggressive, absurdist art they advocate.
- Pataphysics is the absurdist concept of a philosophy or science dedicated to studying what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics.
noun əbˈsəːdɪstəbˈzərdəstəbˈsərdəst A writer or artist who deals with absurdist themes. the French absurdists of the fifties Example sentencesExamples - He turned his science prof into an unhinged dictator in a satire that was later to be championed as a masterpiece by the absurdists.
- We keep the tradition of the first Absurdists, who wrote and performed and drew and danced in response to the horror and devastation of world war.
- Most of the so-called absurdists never bothered to light just one little candle in the darkness of existence, because cursing the darkness had become their poetry.
- It's a party comprised of anarchists, absurdists, activists, practical jokers, perverts, weirdos, maniacs, oddballs, and morons.
- Absurdists can only laugh so long, until the horror paralyzes them.
- The serious wackos, the obsessive-compulsive absurdists, may be beyond therapy.
- He was initially portrayed as some kind of Pythonesque absurdist.
- The real heroes of the piece are the overthinking absurdists whose apparently humorous pranks stemmed from an eternally uncompromising absolutism.
- These are fertile times for political absurdists, a fact that's clearly not been lost on them.
- His paranoid and nightmarish world became a gold mine for Freudians, existentialists, and absurdists.
Definition of absurdist in US English: absurdistadjectiveəbˈzərdəstəbˈsərdəst 1Intentionally ridiculous or bizarre; surreal. a delightful piece of absurdist nonsense Example sentencesExamples - It's a delightful piece of absurdist nonsense, a sitcom designed to offend highbrow admirers of minimalist dance.
- The secret to Green Acres' enduring appeal is its absurdist view of the world.
- The outlandish titles appear to contain apocalyptic messages, albeit relayed with absurdist humor.
- What follows is a welcome dose of absurdist humor just when we need it.
- Regrettably, the overall effect of the piece was tame—gently absurdist, charming, amusing.
- This absurdist children's comedy starred the standup comic as a pizza delivery man.
- It's a rapid-paced mélange of absurdist nonsense stuffed with mad ideas, baffling scenarios, and unlikely characters.
- Truly, it is absurdist comedy at its finest.
- The director stays fairly conventional, reining things in when he could veer off into wonderfully absurdist territory.
- But the overriding likeness is the fun, almost absurdist sense of humor.
2Relating to or supporting the belief that human beings exist in a purposeless, chaotic universe. Example sentencesExamples - They are examples of the aggressive, absurdist art they advocate.
- It is an absurdist drama played out against an almost constructivist background of red, white and blue rectangles.
- Pataphysics is the absurdist concept of a philosophy or science dedicated to studying what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics.
- His eight models are absurdist and visionary monuments to human, societal, and governmental follies, abominations, and questionable policies.
- He based a fictional bomber squadron on the island for his absurdist 1961 book, which became a cult classic.
- It's easy shuttling between a style of largely absurdist speculation and sudden pockets of very serious assertion.
- The thriller plot is fragmented, subsumed in absurdist detail and consistently mapped onto the struggle between body and landscape.
- In an absurdist prose poem he wrote at the time, renewal is associated with class-based oppression.
- It instead focuses upon the absurdist horror of one man holding back a tide of blood.
- Taking to an absurdist extreme the notion that the unique qualities of a medium should dictate its form, he produces three-dimensional objects composed solely of paint.
- His films are often absurdist and violent, intrinsically drawing on his early life but never dealing directly with it.
nounəbˈzərdəstəbˈsərdəst A writer or artist who deals with absurdist themes. the French absurdists of the fifties Example sentencesExamples - The serious wackos, the obsessive-compulsive absurdists, may be beyond therapy.
- We keep the tradition of the first Absurdists, who wrote and performed and drew and danced in response to the horror and devastation of world war.
- He was initially portrayed as some kind of Pythonesque absurdist.
- These are fertile times for political absurdists, a fact that's clearly not been lost on them.
- His paranoid and nightmarish world became a gold mine for Freudians, existentialists, and absurdists.
- The real heroes of the piece are the overthinking absurdists whose apparently humorous pranks stemmed from an eternally uncompromising absolutism.
- He turned his science prof into an unhinged dictator in a satire that was later to be championed as a masterpiece by the absurdists.
- Most of the so-called absurdists never bothered to light just one little candle in the darkness of existence, because cursing the darkness had become their poetry.
- Absurdists can only laugh so long, until the horror paralyzes them.
- It's a party comprised of anarchists, absurdists, activists, practical jokers, perverts, weirdos, maniacs, oddballs, and morons.
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