absurdity

[US]/əb'sɜːdɪtɪ/
[UK]/əb'sɝdəti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. matinding kawastuhan, nakakatawang pag-uugali
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

reduction to absurdity

pagbawas sa kawalan

Example Sentences

Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the situation.

Natawa si Duncan sa pagiging katawa-tawa ng sitwasyon.

The absurdity of the situation made everyone laugh.

Ang pagiging katawa-tawa ng sitwasyon ang nagpatawa sa lahat.

an absurdity carried to its ultimate

isang pagiging katawa-tawa na dinadala sa kanyang sukdulan

It was only later that she could see the absurdity of the situation.

Naisip lang niya ito makalipas ang ilang panahon na nakakatawa ang sitwasyon.

Augustine (On Jn. tr. 34, 8f).A convenient, festive messianism, without strength and responsibility is an absurdity, it is even satanism (Mt 16, 23).

Augustine (On Jn. tr. 34, 8f). Ang isang maginhawa, masiglang mesiyanismo, nang walang lakas at responsibilidad ay isang pagiging katawa-tawa, ito pa nga ay satanismo (Mt 16, 23).

Shameless hilarity in restaurants, malls, on the sidewalk -- a private world of absurdity and delight, in love with the ridiculousness of the world and each other.

Walang inis na pagtawa sa mga restaurant, mall, sa sidewalk - isang pribadong mundo ng pagiging katawa-tawa at kasiyahan, nahuhumaling sa pagiging katawa-tawa ng mundo at sa isa't isa.

Real-world Examples

She said her lawyer had highlighted the absurdity of her judicial harassment.

Source: BBC Listening Collection March 2013

So each week beheld some fresh absurdity.

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

Oh, the absurdity of it all.

Source: Deadly Women

Here in the trees it was much easier to believe the absurdities that embarrassed me indoors.

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

In its smutty absurdity the situation was irresistibly comical.

Source: Brave New World

And for many people, the feeling of absurdity is unbearable.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

Seeing the absurdity in such squabbles has proven to be crucial.

Source: People Magazine

Instead, Mr Loznitsa allows the absurdity and tragedy of life to speak for themselves.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

It is sheer absurdity to think yourself " guilty" for rendering such a service.

Source: Selected Modern Chinese Essays 1

On the other, faced with this absurdity, we have millions of poor people in France.”

Source: VOA Special March 2016 Collection

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