how to pronounce absurdity

/əbˈsɝdətiː/

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absurdity is pronounced in four syllables

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əbsɝdət

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An example use of absurdity in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… you know sending up the absurdity of the …”

meanings of absurdity

noun:

  1. The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
  2. That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
  3. Dissonance.

absurdity frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word absurdity occurs in english on average 2.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics absurdity can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that absurdity can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

words with pronunciation similar to absurdity

acidityuncertaintyabsurd

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