Absurd

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Absurd or The Absurd may refer to:

Entertainment

• Absurd (band), German metal band
• "Absurd" (song), 1997 song by Fluke
• Theatre of the Absurd, art form utilizing the philosophy of Absurdism
• Absurd (film), 1981 Italian film
• Absurd or surreal humour
  • Absurdist fiction

Philosophy

• Absurdity, general and technical usage—associated with extremely poor reasoning, the ridiculous, or nonsense
• Absurdism, a philosophy based on the belief that the universe is irrational and meaningless
• Absurd, a term used in logic to describe a contradiction
  • Reductio ad absurdum, a type of logical argument