the belief that life is meaningless and that all attempts to understand the universe are doomed to fail
absurdism in American English
(æbˈsɜːrdɪzəm, -ˈzɜːr-)
noun
the philosophical and literary doctrine that human beings live in essential isolation in a meaningless and irrational world
Word origin
[1945–50; absurd + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: RNA, regression analysis, spin-off, synchronized swimming, taxi squad-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)