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单词 absurdist
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absurdist

(æbsɜːʳdɪst)
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
An absurdist play or other work shows how absurd some aspect of society or human behaviour is.
He wrote and directed absurdist plays.

absurdist in British English

(əbˈsɜːdɪst) literature
adjective
1. 
(of a play or other work) showing the absurdity of some aspect of society or human behaviour
the last volume in the absurdist trilogy
noun
2. 
a writer in the absurdist genre
To the absurdists the whole idea of religious faith appeared ridiculous.

absurdist in American English

(æbˈsɜrdɪst; æbˈzɜrdɪst; əbˈsɜrdɪst; əbˈzɜrdɪst)
adjective
1. 
designating or holding the belief that human existence is absurd, irrational, meaningless, etc.
2. 
of, relating to, or associated with the theater of the absurd
noun
3. 
an absurdist thinker, writer, etc.
Derived forms
absurdism (abˈsurdˌism)
noun

Examples of 'absurdist' in a sentence
absurdist

It seems drawn from one of the absurdist plays and stories that he made his name with.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Yet her films often advanced their critiques through absurdist comedy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The absurdist humour here seems less cruel, the neurotic outbursts more harmless.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And the play 's self-conscious absurdist references are its most interesting aspect.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
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