Religion is too important a matter to its devotees to be a subject of ridicule. If they indulge in absurdities, they are to be pitied rather than ridiculed.
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Absurdities
Synonyms for "absurdities" (209 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (63)
eccentricityemptinesserrorextravagancefalderalfallacyfantasticalityfantasticalnessfatuityfecklessnessfiddle faddlefiddle-faddlefiddledeedeeflummeryfolderolfollyfoolishnessfreakishnessfruitlessnessfudge
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funninessfustianfutilitygabblegalimatiasgammongibbergibberishgibble-gabblegobbledygookgrotesquenessgrotesqueriehilarityhocus pocushocus-pocushollownesshopelessnesshumbughumorousnessillogicalityimpossibilityimpossibleimpossiblenessimpotenceimprudenceinanityinconceivabilityincongruityindiscretionineffectivenessineffectualityinefficacyineptitude
Related words (104)
insanityirrationalityjabberjargonjokelaughabilitylevityludicrosityludicrousnesslunacymalformationmeaninglessnessmockerymonstrositymonstrousnessmumbo jumbonarrishkeitniaiserieno chancenonsense
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nonsensicalitynugacitynuttinessoddityotiosityoutlandishnessoutrageousnessoxymoronpack of nonsensepalaverparadoxpeculiaritypointlessnessprateprattlepreposterousnesspricelessnessprofitlessnesspurposelessnessquaintnessqueernessquizzicalnessrantrat racerichnessridiculousnessrigamarolerigmarolerodomontaderubbishself-contradictionsenselessnesssillinesssingularityskimble-skamblesottisestrangenessstuff and nonsensestultiloquencestupid thingstupidityteratismthe absurdthe funny sidethe impossibletrashtrivialitytrumperytwaddletwattletwiddle-twaddleunimaginabilityunproductivenessunprofitabilityunprofitablenessunreasonablenessunthinkabilityunwise stepvaluelessnessvanityvaporingvicious circlewafflingweirdnesswhat cannot bewhat cannot happenwhimsicalnesswildnesswitlessnesswittinessworthlessness
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Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Put the horses into the stable, and interrupt us no more with your absurdities.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Algerians are now focused on building a more united and strong nation and have no time for the absurdities of fascism, racism, takfirism, and separatism.
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