illogicality

noun

Definition of illogicalitynext
as in absurdity

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  1. absurdity
  2. ludicrousness
  3. ridiculousness
  4. paradox
  5. incongruity
  6. irony
  7. contradiction
  8. peculiarity
Noun
  • Swift will either ignore the noise as usual, or smile at the absurdity as a secure, proud childless cat lady.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Fireworks, flags and BBQs are Fourth of July staples, but America’s 250th birthday brings an extra helping of absurdity to Coney Island.
    — Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of absurdity
Noun
  • Well, the Premier League table is definitely worth looking at, if only to marvel at its ludicrousness.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Definition of ludicrousness
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  • Foreigners are visiting the United States, having fun, finding joy in the ridiculousness of American abundance and telling the internet about it.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
  • That was the best type of ridiculousness that I’ve been involved in.
    — Carita Rizzo, Deadline, 14 June 2026
Definition of ridiculousness
Noun
  • The tokenized real-world assets market, valued at $60 billion across 7,000 products, faces a significant activity paradox.
    — Aaron Stanley, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The spindle’s life, after all, is a bit of a paradox, Dumont said.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2026
Definition of paradox
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  • Irony involves incongruity, while tragicomedy is about possible congruity—not mutual erasure but the capacity for the tragic and comic to coexist.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
  • Nobody is more alive to the comic incongruity than the man himself.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
Definition of incongruity
Noun
  • The irony here is thick, because while there were captive flamingos, escaped captive flamingos, and the occasional storm refugee along with sightings of coastal flybys, there were no longer any wild breeding birds.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 July 2026
  • The irony there is whether the Heat instead might have to make room for Bronny James.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
Definition of irony
Noun
  • The Declaration of Independence, signed in 1776, is infamous for a contradiction.
    — James Doubek, NPR, 3 July 2026
  • Jefferson’s contradictions date back through much of American history; he was claimed by both sides of the Civil War and both sides of the civil rights movement.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
Definition of contradiction
Noun
  • If the job of a debut album is to introduce an artist to the world, while a sophomore album reinforces their reputation, then a third album offers a channel for artists to expand beyond the familiar tricks and peculiarities that shot them to fame in the first place.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
  • For thousands of years, scholars have investigated the peculiarities of irrational numbers.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
Definition of peculiarity
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