absurd : Idioms & Phrases
the absurd
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noun a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless
absurd.
- The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--Albert Camus
WordNet
theater of the absurd
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noun 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