absurdist
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈsɜːd.əst/
- (US) IPA(key): /æbˈsɝd.əst/, /əbˈsɝd.əst/
Noun
absurdist (plural absurdists)
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Adjective
absurdist (not comparable)
- Of, or relating to absurdism. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][1]
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References
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absurdist”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From absurdisme or absurd + -ist, first parts both stem from the word absurd (“absurd”), from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to resound; ringing, whistling”). Last part from French -iste (“-ist, -istic”), from Latin -ista (“-ist; one who practises or believes”), from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), alternative form of -τής (-tḗs), from Proto-Hellenic *-tās, probably from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ (forms nouns representing state of being).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /absʉˈɖɪst/, /absʉʁˈdɪst/, /apsʉˈɖɪst/, /apsʉʁˈdɪst/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪst
- Hyphenation: ab‧surd‧ist
Noun
absurdist m (definite singular absurdisten, indefinite plural absurdister, definite plural absurdistene)
- an absurdist (an advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics)
- 1971, Anton Rønneberg, Ti års fjernsynsteater, page 212:
- «Mens vi venter på Godot» [av Samuel Beckett] sto lenge som absurdistenes bibel
- "While We Wait for Godot" [by Samuel Beckett] stood for a long time as the Bible of the absurdists
- 1963, Morgenbladet, page 2:
- de virkelige absurdister hevder … at sproget hverken har sammenheng eller mening
- the real absurdists claim… that language has neither context nor meaning
- 1992, Finn Alnæs, Restdjevelens karneval, page 462:
- han overveide å ta toakteren tilbake, men den gang trengte absurdistene all den støtte de kunne få
- he considered taking the two act play back, but at that time the absurdists needed all the support they could get
- 2014 May 1, VG, pages 32–33:
- den franske absurdisten og filosofen Albert Camus
- the French absurdist and philosopher Albert Camus
Related terms
References
- “absurdist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “absurdist” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).