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It comes from the 1540s Latin "ridiculosus" meaning "laughable", from "ridiculus" meaning "that which excites laughter", and from "ridere" meaning "to laugh". [1] "Ridiculous" is an adjective describing "the ridiculous". In common usage, "ridiculousness" is used as a synonym for absurdity or nonsense.
Absurdity is the state or condition of being unreasonable, meaningless, or so unsound as to be irrational. "Absurd" is the adjective used to describe absurdity, e.g., "Tyler and the boys laughed at the absurd situation."
Reductio ad absurdum, painting by John Pettie exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1884. In logic, reductio ad absurdum (Latin for "reduction to absurdity"), also known as argumentum ad absurdum (Latin for "argument to absurdity") or apagogical arguments, is the form of argument that attempts to establish a claim by showing that the opposite scenario would lead to absurdity or contradiction.
Absurdity, general and technical usage—associated with extremely poor reasoning, the ridiculous, or nonsense The Absurd, the conflict between the human tendency to seek a certain meaning of life and the failure to find any Absurdism, a philosophy based on the belief that the universe is irrational and meaningless
Absurdism is the philosophical thesis that life, or the world in general, is absurd. There is wide agreement that the term "absurd" implies a lack of meaning or purpose but there is also significant dispute concerning its exact definition and various versions have been suggested.
It's ridiculous! STD should seriously consider using an AI chatbot instead of these incompetent people. An automated chatbot could do better than these so called support agents.
Appeal to ridicule (also called appeal to mockery, ad absurdo, or the horse laugh) [1] is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd, ridiculous, or humorous, and therefore not worthy of serious consideration.
Ryan Reynolds‘ “horrifically mean” comment to his Deadpool co-star T.J. Miller has resurfaced amid Reynolds’ legal battle with Justin Baldoni. In a 2022 interview on The Adam Carolla Show ...