absurdism

[ab-sur-diz-uhm, -zur-]

noun

1. the philosophical and literary doctrine that human beings live in essential isolation in a meaningless and irrational world.

Word History and Origins

Origin of absurdism¹

First recorded in 1945–50; absurd + -ism

Example Sentences

Portland is by no metric a perfect city, but it’s one whose combination of staunch anti-authoritarianism and literal balls-out commitment to absurdism meets this uniquely chaotic moment.

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Krasznahorkai is "a great epic writer in the Central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterised by absurdism and grotesque excess," the Academy said.

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The Nobel Prize in Literature described Krasznahorkai as "a great epic writer in the Central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterised by absurdism and grotesque excess."

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Krasznahorkai, 71, is "a great epic writer in the Central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterised by absurdism and grotesque excess," the jury said in a statement.

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“The show really relies on absurdism, which heavily relies on instinct,” he explains.

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