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Meaning of absurdisme | Babel Free

Noun masculine
abˈsʉɖɪsmə

Definitions

  1. absurdism (the philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail)
    masculine
  2. absurdist fiction (direction in literature and drama which highlights the absurdity of life)
    masculine
  3. an absurdism or absurdity (that which is absurd; an absurd thought or action)
    masculine

Examples

“harselas over absurdismen som fenomen”

laugh at the absurdism as a phenomenon

“filmen ville tjent på flere … øyeblikk og momenter av friksjon og kynisk absurdisme”

the film would benefit from more… moments and moments of friction and cynical absurdism

“Beckett, Ionesco og Pinter er representanter for absurdismen Beckett, Ionesco and Pinter are representatives of absurdism”
“[det var] særlig i den dramatiske form absurdismen hadde etablert seg som litterær retning”

[it was] especially in the dramatic form that absurdism had established itself as a literary direction

“Carrolls verk [foregriper] både surrealismen og absurdismen”

Carroll's work [anticipates] both surrealism and absurdism

“[Dylan forvirret] livsstils-journalister med ordspill, naivismer, absurdismer”

[Dylan confused] lifestyle journalists with puns, naivisms, absurdisms

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