Henri Duval is a swashbuckling adventure with an absurdism straight out of Douglas Fairbanks: Siegel makes his hero a dandy who draws swords on men who insult his clothes.
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Absurdism
//əbˈsɜːdˌɪz.m̩//
Synonyms for "absurdism"
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19 translations across 17 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عَبَثِيَّة noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- absurdizm noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 荒誕主義 /荒诞主义 noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
- 荒謬主義 /荒谬主义 noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
Finnish
1 entries- absurdismi noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
German
1 entries- Absurdismus noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
Indonesian
1 entries- absurdisme noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
Italian
1 entries- absurdism noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
Japanese
1 entries- 不条理 noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
Korean
1 entries- 부조리 noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
Lithuanian
1 entries- absurdizmas noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- absurdisme noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
Polish
1 entries- absurdyzm noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
Portuguese
1 entries- absurdismo noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
Russian
1 entries- абсурди́зм noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
Spanish
2 entries- absurdismo noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
- filosofía del absurdo noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
Swedish
1 entries- absurdism noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
Turkish
1 entries- absürdizm noun (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
Sample sentences
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It is a sense of irrational well-being that can seduce perfectly rational people to believe such absurdisms as “Two can live as cheaply as one…” Later (about 9 1/2 weeks) comes the rational spoilsport follow up “…for half as long.”
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