How to Use absurdism in a Sentence

absurdism

noun
  • His over-the-top accent adds to the absurdism of his casting.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
  • His early work was just bizarre and full of non-sequiturs and absurdism.
    — John Wenzel, The Know, 5 Apr. 2017
  • There is often a kind of gallows humor to absurdism.
    — Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Quentin Dupieux’s glum absurdist fable gives absurdism a bad name.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2020
  • Bill's classroom lecture on fascism and absurdism inspires a meme.
    — Koritha Mitchell, CNN, 26 Aug. 2021
  • In short, this is a premise steeped in absurdism or originated out of a gigantic bong, one or the other.
    — Tim Goodman, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 July 2019
  • Theirs is a world of absurdism and extremes, but one which the filmmaking duo is determined to approach with an open mind.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 24 Mar. 2022
  • In its essence, the collection is about expressing absurdism.
    — Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
  • At times, the tonal clash introduced by those pops of ultra-modernity borders on absurdism.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Starting from the same place Both existentialism and absurdism start from the same point.
    — Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Clowning is a way of pushing back against that and bringing silliness and absurdism into live comedy.
    — Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • But absurdism and existentialism are not the same.
    — Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Many of the year’s selections also lean into humor, absurdism and even mockery to get their messages across.
    — Elaina Patton, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But the absurdism matters less than the ability to be silly together, as this is a deeply intimate act.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • While the Dead’s songs embrace many qualities, absurdism is, most decidedly, not one of them.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Elsewhere, the film feels a little determined in its minimalism, a little too cute in its brushes of absurdism.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Aug. 2022
  • If this all sounds a little too safe and cutesy, then there are still the occasional absurdisms which lean into his reputation as a one-man chaos machine.
    — Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 22 Apr. 2026
  • In the first episode, he’s caught on cellphone video executing a fast Sieg Heil salute while discussing fascism and absurdism.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2021
  • This wouldn’t have been a bad thing, though perhaps the Tom Hanks–centric premise would’ve been stretched deeper into absurdism the longer the show goes.
    — Vulture, 11 Mar. 2022
  • There was a Lynchian quality to the podcast, a fun-house-size absurdism that offset its overt offensiveness.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
  • How to explain the absurdism and the despair of his writing, which stands as one of the crowning achievements of Turkish literature?
    — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
  • As an extra touch of morbid absurdism, if enough people text in support of a pardon, and Mona in fact absolves, the show’s sponsors will pay the blood money.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Ghostface has a knack for emotional honesty and upbeat absurdism that’s matched by Raekwon’s sterner, harsher mafioso tales.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 June 2021
  • This is a film that takes the quirky absurdism of Lewis Carrol’s book and the 1951 Disney film and drives it off a cliff.
    — Barry Levitt, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Existentialism and absurdism both begin with the belief that life lacks inherent meaning and that no divine force gives us purpose.
    — Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Some of the absurdism of his early style has crept back into the act, coupled with an evident joy in playing around with taboo topics and landing the plane to the audience’s approval.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 30 June 2026
  • If the first year of AI college ended in a feeling of dismay, the situation has now devolved into absurdism.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Baker employs a similarly light touch with the absurdism that comes preloaded on speculative fiction.
    — Melissa Holbrook Pierson, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2020
  • At its best, often spiked by gleefully gratuitous gore, this very tall Texas tale trades in a kind of snarky absurdism likely to leave suitably jaded viewers in stitches.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
  • At times, the authorities’ dedication to the veneer of public engagement verged on absurdism.
    — New York Times, 24 Sep. 2021

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