| slovo | definícia |
absurd
(mass) | absurd
- nemožný, nezmyselný, absurdný |
absurd
(encz) | absurd,absurdní adj: |
absurd
(encz) | absurd,nemožný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
absurd
(encz) | absurd,nesmyslný adj: |
absurd
(encz) | absurd,pošetilý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
absurd
(encz) | absurd,směšný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Absurd
(gcide) | Absurd \Ab*surd"\ ([a^]b*s[^u]rd"), a. [L. absurdus
harsh-sounding; ab + (prob) a derivative fr. a root svar to
sound; not connected with surd: cf. F. absurde. See
Syringe.]
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed
to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of
common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical;
ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an
absurd dream.
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This proffer is absurd and reasonless. --Shak.
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'This phrase absurd to call a villain great. --Pope.
--p. 9
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Syn: Foolish; irrational; ridiculous; preposterous;
inconsistent; incongruous.
Usage: Absurd, Irrational, Foolish, Preposterous. Of
these terms, 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.
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Absurd
(gcide) | Absurd \Ab*surd"\ ([a^]b*s[^u]rd"), n.
An absurdity. [Obs.] --Pope.
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absurd
(wn) | absurd
adj 1: inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the
absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is
highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter
Lippman
2: incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the
dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a
nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a
contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous
to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn
back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of
universal interest in her rather dull children was
ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory,
idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical,
preposterous, ridiculous]
n 1: a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless;
"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--
Albert Camus [syn: absurd, the absurd] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
absurdný
(msas) | absurdný
- absurd, ludicrous |
absurdny
(msasasci) | absurdny
- absurd, ludicrous |
absurdest
(encz) | absurdest,nejabsurdnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
absurdist
(encz) | absurdist,absurdistický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
absurdities
(encz) | absurdities,absurdnosti n: |
absurdity
(encz) | absurdity,absurdita n: Zdeněk Brožabsurdity,absurdnost n: absurdity,nemožnost n: absurdity,nesmyslnost n: |
absurdly
(encz) | absurdly,absurdně adj: |
reductio ad absurdum
(encz) | reductio ad absurdum, n: |
theater of the absurd
(encz) | theater of the absurd, n: |
absurdistický
(czen) | absurdistický,absurdistadj: Zdeněk Brož |
absurdita
(czen) | absurdita,absurdityn: Zdeněk Brož |
absurdnost
(czen) | absurdnost,absurdityn: |
absurdnosti
(czen) | absurdnosti,absurditiesn: |
absurdní
(czen) | absurdní,absurdadj: absurdní,cock-eyedadj: Zdeněk Brožabsurdní,cockeyedadj: Zdeněk Brožabsurdní,grotesque Zdeněk Brožabsurdní,ludicrousadj: Zdeněk Brožabsurdní,preposterousadj: |
absurdně
(czen) | absurdně,absurdlyadj: absurdně,grotesquelyadv: Zdeněk Brožabsurdně,ludicrouslyadv: Zdeněk Brožabsurdně,preposterouslyadv: Zdeněk Brož |
nejabsurdnější
(czen) | nejabsurdnější,absurdestadj: Zdeněk Brož |
Absurd
(gcide) | Absurd \Ab*surd"\ ([a^]b*s[^u]rd"), a. [L. absurdus
harsh-sounding; ab + (prob) a derivative fr. a root svar to
sound; not connected with surd: cf. F. absurde. See
Syringe.]
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed
to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of
common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical;
ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an
absurd dream.
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This proffer is absurd and reasonless. --Shak.
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'This phrase absurd to call a villain great. --Pope.
--p. 9
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Syn: Foolish; irrational; ridiculous; preposterous;
inconsistent; incongruous.
Usage: Absurd, Irrational, Foolish, Preposterous. Of
these terms, 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.
[1913 Webster]Absurd \Ab*surd"\ ([a^]b*s[^u]rd"), n.
An absurdity. [Obs.] --Pope.
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Absurdities
(gcide) | Absurdity \Ab*surd"i*ty\ (-[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. Absurdities
(-t[i^]z). [L. absurditas: cf. F. absurdite.]
1. The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious
truth, reason, or sound judgment. "The absurdity of the
actual idea of an infinite number." --Locke.
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2. That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical
contradiction.
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His travels were full of absurdities. --Johnson.
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Absurdity
(gcide) | Absurdity \Ab*surd"i*ty\ (-[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. Absurdities
(-t[i^]z). [L. absurditas: cf. F. absurdite.]
1. The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious
truth, reason, or sound judgment. "The absurdity of the
actual idea of an infinite number." --Locke.
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2. That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical
contradiction.
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His travels were full of absurdities. --Johnson.
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Absurdly
(gcide) | Absurdly \Ab*surd"ly\, adv.
In an absurd manner.
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Absurdness
(gcide) | Absurdness \Ab*surd"ness\, n.
Absurdity. [R.]
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reductio ad absurdum
(gcide) | Demonstration \Dem`on*stra"tion\, n. [L. demonstratio: cf. F.
d['e]monstration.]
1. The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof;
especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt;
indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.
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Those intervening ideas which serve to show the
agreement of any two others are called "proofs;" and
where agreement or disagreement is by this means
plainly and clearly perceived, it is called
demonstration. --Locke.
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2. An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a
manifestation; a show. See also sense 7 for a more
specific related meaning.
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Did your letters pierce the queen to any
demonstration of grief? --Shak.
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Loyal demonstrations toward the prince. --Prescott.
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3. (Anat.) The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or
other anatomical preparation.
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4. (Mil.) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement
indicating an attack.
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5. (Logic) The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or
the proof itself.
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6. (Math.) A course of reasoning showing that a certain
result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; --
these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously
established propositions.
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7. a public gathering of people to express some sentiment or
feelings by explicit means, such as picketing, parading,
carrying signs or shouting, usually in favor of or opposed
to some action of government or of a business.
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8. the act of showing how a certain device, machine or
product operates, or how a procedure is performed; --
usually done for the purpose of inducing prospective
customers to buy a product; as, a demonstration of the
simple operation of a microwave oven.
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Direct demonstration, or Positive demonstration, (Logic &
Math.), one in which the correct conclusion is the
immediate sequence of reasoning from axiomatic or
established premises; -- opposed to
Indirect demonstration, or Negative demonstration (called
also reductio ad absurdum), in which the correct
conclusion is an inference from the demonstration that any
other hypothesis must be incorrect.
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Unabsurd
(gcide) | Unabsurd \Unabsurd\
See absurd. |
absurdity
(wn) | absurdity
n 1: a message whose content is at variance with reason [syn:
absurdity, absurdness, ridiculousness]
2: a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the
clown's behavior" [syn: absurdity, fatuity,
fatuousness, silliness] |
absurdly
(wn) | absurdly
adv 1: in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree; "an absurdly
rich young woman" |
absurdness
(wn) | absurdness
n 1: a message whose content is at variance with reason [syn:
absurdity, absurdness, ridiculousness] |
reductio ad absurdum
(wn) | reductio ad absurdum
n 1: (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the
consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a
proposition by showing that its negation leads to a
contradiction [syn: reductio ad absurdum, reductio] |
the absurd
(wn) | the absurd
n 1: a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless;
"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--
Albert Camus [syn: absurd, the absurd] |
theater of the absurd
(wn) | theater of the absurd
n 1: plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of
life, usually to show that modern life is pointless;
"Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco have written plays for
the theater of the absurd" |
absurdity
(devil) | ABSURDITY, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with
one's own opinion.
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