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unthinkable
English
Etymology
un- +? think +? -able
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n????k?b?l/
Adjective
unthinkable (comparative more unthinkable, superlative most unthinkable)
- Incapable of being believed; incredible.
- Inconceivable or unimaginable; extremely improbable in a way that goes against common sense.
- Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development - Lewis Mumford
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “unthinkable”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
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absurd
English
Etymology
First attested in 1557. From Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from ab (“away from, out”) + surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”). Compare surd.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?z??d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?s??d/
- (US) IPA(key): /æb?s?d/, /æb?z?d/, /?b?s?d/, /?b?z?d/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /æb?z?d/
- Rhymes: -??(r)d
Adjective
absurd (comparative absurder or more absurd, superlative absurdest or most absurd)
- Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I, V-iv
- This proffer is absurd and reasonless.
- ca. 1710, Alexander Pope
- This phrase absurd to call a villain great
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I, V-iv
- (obsolete) Inharmonious; dissonant. [Attested only in the early 17th century.]
- Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
- Dealing with absurdism.
Usage notes
- In the comparative and superlative degrees, the forms more absurd and most absurd are usually preferred over absurder, absurdest.
- Among the synonyms:
- Irrational is the weakest, denoting that which is plainly inconsistent with the dictates of sound reason; as, an irrational course of life.
- Foolish rises higher, and implies either a perversion of that faculty, or an absolute weakness or fatuity of mind; as, foolish enterprises.
- Absurd rises still higher, denoting that which is plainly opposed to received notions of propriety and truth; as, an absurd man, project, opinion, story, argument, etc.
- Preposterous rises still higher, and supposes an absolute inversion in the order of things; or, in plain terms, a "putting of the cart before the horse;" as, a preposterous suggestion, preposterous conduct, a preposterous regulation or law.
Synonyms
- foolish, irrational, ridiculous, preposterous, inconsistent, incongruous, ludicrous
- See also Thesaurus:absurd
Derived terms
- absurdly, absurdity
- Absurdistan
Translations
Noun
absurd (plural absurds)
- (obsolete) An absurdity. [Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 17th century.]
- (philosophy, often preceded by the) The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence. [First attested in English in the early 20th century and first used in the mid-19th century in Danish by Kierkegaard.]
Derived terms
- Theatre of the Absurd
Translations
References
Further reading
- absurd in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- absurd in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Brauds, Burdas
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin absurdus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?p?su?t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?p?surt/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ap?su?t/
Adjective
absurd (feminine absurda, masculine plural absurds, feminine plural absurdes)
- absurd
Derived terms
- absurdament
Related terms
- absurditat
- sord
Noun
absurd m (plural absurds)
- absurdity
Further reading
- “absurd” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “absurd” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “absurd” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “absurd” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin absurdus (“discordant, unreasonable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /absurd/, [?b?su???d?]
Adjective
absurd (neuter absurd, plural and definite singular attributive absurde)
- absurd
Adverb
absurd
- absurdly
Derived terms
- absurditet
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?s?rt/
- Hyphenation: ab?surd
- Rhymes: -?rt
Adjective
absurd (comparative absurder, superlative absurdst)
- absurd
Inflection
Related terms
- absurdisme
- absurditeit
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin absurdus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
absurd (comparative absurder, superlative am absurdesten)
- absurd
Declension
Related terms
- Absurdismus
- Absurdität
Further reading
- “absurd” in Duden online
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From German absurd, from Latin absurdus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?zu?t/, [?p?zu?t]
Adjective
absurd (masculine absurden, neuter absurd, comparative méi absurd, superlative am absurdsten)
- absurd
Declension
Related terms
- Absurditéit
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from ab (“away from, out”) + surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab?s??/, /ab?s??d/, /ap?s??/, /ap?s??d/
- Rhymes: -??, -??d
- Hyphenation: ab?surd
Adjective
absurd (neuter singular absurd, definite singular and plural absurde, comparative mer absurd, superlative mest absurd)
- absurd (contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth)
- Synonyms: fornuftsstridig, meningsløs, irrasjonell
- (theater, literary sciences) absurdist (of or relating to absurdism)
- Synonym: absurdistisk
Derived terms
References
- “absurd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “absurd” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “absurd” in Store norske leksikon
Anagrams
- bardus
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin absurdus.
Adjective
absurd (neuter singular absurd, definite singular and plural absurde)
- absurd
Related terms
- absurditet
References
- “absurd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From Latin absurdus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ap.surt/
Noun
absurd m inan (diminutive absurdzik)
- nonsense
- Synonym: nonsens
- Jego propozycje to jeden wielki absurd.
- His suggestions are one big load of nonsense.
- (logic) absurdity
Declension
Derived terms
- (verb) absurdalizowa?
- (nouns) absurdalno??, absurdalista, absurdalizacja
- (adjective) absurdalny
- (adverb) absurdalnie
Further reading
- absurd in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- absurd in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French absurde, Latin absurdus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab?surd/
Adjective
absurd m or n (feminine singular absurd?, masculine plural absurzi, feminine and neuter plural absurde)
- absurd
Declension
Related terms
- absurditate
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin absurdus.
Adjective
absurd
- absurd
Declension
Related terms
- absurdism
- absurditet
Tatar
Adjective
absurd
- Latin spelling of ?????? (absurd)
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