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- noun Plural form of
absurdity .
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Examples
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Lona: But when you came back — when you heard the gibes that were made at me on all sides — when you noticed how people laughed at what they called my absurdities ...
Pillars of Society 2008
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Lona: But when you came back — when you heard the gibes that were made at me on all sides — when you noticed how people laughed at what they called my absurdities ...
Pillars of Society 2008
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Because: “As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities.”
Think Progress » Lieberman Gets A Chuckle Out Of Peddling Far-Right Nuke Myth 2010
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Literacy also is corrective treatment for mistaken belief in absurdities -- do you agree?
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The frustrating part about these types of absurdities, is I feel intuitively, because of the irrational nature of their attacks, that alot of their dislike of Romney stems from his religion.
Sound Politics: Mitt Romney for President: Part II, the Man 2006
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As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities.
Think Progress » “Bush Was Right!” — The New Hit Single Ready to Rock a Generation 2005
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I riND myself so occupied by those grand affairs which the philosophers call absurdities, that I have not yet leisure to think when I please, which is the only real good of life.
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To the Informed Citizen: The reason people “Hang onto” absurdities is simple … it’s out of fear. fear of finding the truth.
Biden Warns Against a Stimulus Porkfest - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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It's simply contradictory to be superlatively intelligent and believe in absurdities.
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Becoming aware that a dream is a dream and not reality means training yourself to look out for absurdities, which is probably a good survival mechanism in this crazy world of ours.
Change Blindness James Gurney 2009
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