ABSURD   

UNTRUE so that MANY are NOT ABLE to IMAGINE IT to be TRUE.  
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current word for contradictory absurdity is bèi 悖. 2. Huāng 荒 focusses on the confusion more than the contradictoriness. 3. Dàn 誕 focusses on the loquaciousness of absurd discourse. 4. Guāi miù 乖謬 focusses on the misguidedness which is the result of incoherence.
    Hypernym
    • UNTRUE　LACKING TRUTH OR CONTRARY to REALITY. (anc: 7/0, child: 1)
    • LACK　SITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE. (anc: 6/0, child: 48)
    • SITUATION　RELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT. (anc: 5/0, child: 11)
  • Vocabulaire européen des philosophies. Dictionnaire des intraduisibles ( CASSIN 2004) p. 8

    ABSURDE

    Useful brief summary.

    1. contrary to reason

    2. devoid of proper sense

    3. absence of meaning of life

    In China, the notion of something being contrary to reason is common enough.

    The notion of meaninglessness of an expression is not old.

    The notion of the absence of a meaning of life, as elaborated by Albert Camus, is not elaborated in ancient China.

  • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 451

    ABSURDUM

    ob monstrositatem auditu indignum.

    1. absurditates homine indignae

    2. Dato uno absurdo plura seqvuntur (in animo ejusdem et alterius) qvia faecundum est sui omne Ens.

  • Vocabulaire technique et critique de la philosophie ( LALANDE 2002) p. 11

  • Woerterbuch der Philosophie. Neue Beitraege zu einer Kritik der Sprache ( MAUTHNER WP 1924) p. I.15

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.39

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 1.66

    ABSURD

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 40A

    ABSURD

    • Words (23 items)

    難  nán MC: nan OC: mɢlaan 24 Attributions
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    • vibe absurd; be absurd and incoherent; be absurd and unrealisticCH
    悖  bèi OC: bɯɯds MC: buo̝i 11 Attributions

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    • vibe contradictory, be inconsistent; be absurd
    乖謬  guāi miù OC: kʷreed mɢrus MC: kɣɛi mi̯u 1 Attribution
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    • VPibe absurd
    無天  wú tiān OC: ma lʰiin MC: mi̯o then 1 Attribution
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    • VPiirrealisthat would be absurd
    謬悠  miù yōu OC: mɢrus k-lɯw MC: mi̯u jɨu 1 Attribution
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    • VPadNabsurd
    悖謬  bèi miù OC: bɯɯds mɢrus MC: buo̝i mi̯u 1 Attribution
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    • VPadNabsurd; completely confusedCH
    反  fǎn OC: panʔ MC: pi̯ɐn 1 Attribution
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    • vi be contrary to what is known> absurd
    亂妄  luàn wàng MC: lwanH mjangH OC: ɡ-roons maŋs 1 Attribution
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    • NPabconfused absurditiesLZ
    譎詭  jué guǐ OC: kʷliid krolʔ MC: ket kiɛ 1 Attribution
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    • VPadNstrange and absurd
    荒  huāng OC: hmaaŋ MC: hɑŋ 0 Attributions
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    • vadNabsurd
    誕  dàn OC: laanʔ MC: dɑn 0 Attributions
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    • vadNabsurd
    邪謬  xié miù OC: sɢlja mɢrus MC: zɣɛ mi̯u 0 Attributions
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    • VPibe perfectly absurd
    無稽  wú jī OC: ma kii MC: mi̯o kei 0 Attributions
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    • VPibe absurdly groundless
    妖妄  yāo wàng OC: qrow maŋs MC: ʔiɛu mi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
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    • VPibe weirdly absurd
    荒唐  huāng táng OC: hmaaŋ ɡ-laaŋ MC: hɑŋ dɑŋ 0 Attributions
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    • VPadNabsurd
    悠謬  yōu miù OC: k-lɯw mɢrus MC: jɨu mi̯u 0 Attributions
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    • VPibe quite absurd
    舛逆  chuǎn nì OC: thjonʔ ŋɡlaɡ MC: tɕhiɛn ŋɣɛk 0 Attributions
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    • VPibe absurd
    荒唐無稽  huāng táng wú jī OC: hmaaŋ ɡ-laaŋ ma kii MC: hɑŋ dɑŋ mi̯o kei 0 Attributions
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    • VPibe absurd
    不經之談  bù jīng zhī tán OC: pɯʔ keeŋ kljɯ ɡ-laam MC: pi̯ut keŋ tɕɨ dɑm 0 Attributions
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    • NPabactabsurdity; nonsense
    荒誕  huāng dàn OC: hmaaŋ laanʔ MC: hɑŋ dɑn 0 Attributions
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    • vadNabsurd
    荒謬  huāng miù OC: hmaaŋ mɢrus MC: hɑŋ mi̯u 0 Attributions
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    • VPadNabsurd
    迂言  yū yán OC: qʷla ŋan MC: ʔi̯o ŋi̯ɐn 0 Attributions
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    • NPabtextabsurdities
    迂誕  yū dàn OC: qʷla laanʔ MC: ʔi̯o dɑn 0 Attributions
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    • VPibizarrely absurd