"absurdist" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "The tragically backward, sometimes absurdist hallmarks of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea and in particular its leader, Kim Jong Il, are well known. There's Kim's Elton John eyeglasses and cotton-candy hairdo, for instance.",
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          "english": "\"While We Wait for Godot\" [by Samuel Beckett] stood for a long time as the Bible of the absurdists",
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          "text": "«Mens vi venter på Godot» [av Samuel Beckett] sto lenge som absurdistenes bibel",
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          "english": "the real absurdists claim… that language has neither context nor meaning",
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          "text": "de virkelige absurdister hevder … at sproget hverken har sammenheng eller mening",
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          "english": "he considered taking the two act play back, but at that time the absurdists needed all the support they could get",
          "ref": "1992, Finn Alnæs, Restdjevelens karneval, page 462:",
          "text": "han overveide å ta toakteren tilbake, men den gang trengte absurdistene all den støtte de kunne få",
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        {
          "ref": "2006 October 22, Tom Zeller Jr., “In North Korea, the Internet is only for a few - Technology & Media - International Herald Tribune”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-08-15, Technology:",
          "text": "The tragically backward, sometimes absurdist hallmarks of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea and in particular its leader, Kim Jong Il, are well known. There's Kim's Elton John eyeglasses and cotton-candy hairdo, for instance.",
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      "ipa": "/əbˈsɝd.əst/",
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "relating to absurdism",
      "word": "absurdistisk"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "relating to absurdism",
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      "sense": "relating to absurdism",
      "word": "absurdystyczny"
    },
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      "sense": "relating to absurdism",
      "word": "absurdista"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "absurdístskij",
      "sense": "relating to absurdism",
      "word": "абсурди́стский"
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      "sense": "relating to absurdism",
      "word": "absurdistisk"
    }
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      "word": "absurdisme"
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      "word": "absurdistisk"
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    {
      "word": "absurditet"
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    {
      "word": "absurdteater"
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      "word": "ad absurdum"
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      "word": "in absurdum"
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        {
          "english": "\"While We Wait for Godot\" [by Samuel Beckett] stood for a long time as the Bible of the absurdists",
          "ref": "1971, Anton Rønneberg, Ti års fjernsynsteater, page 212:",
          "text": "«Mens vi venter på Godot» [av Samuel Beckett] sto lenge som absurdistenes bibel",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "the real absurdists claim… that language has neither context nor meaning",
          "ref": "1963, Morgenbladet, page 2:",
          "text": "de virkelige absurdister hevder … at sproget hverken har sammenheng eller mening",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "he considered taking the two act play back, but at that time the absurdists needed all the support they could get",
          "ref": "1992, Finn Alnæs, Restdjevelens karneval, page 462:",
          "text": "han overveide å ta toakteren tilbake, men den gang trengte absurdistene all den støtte de kunne få",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "the French absurdist and philosopher Albert Camus",
          "ref": "2014 January 5, VG, pages 32–33:",
          "text": "den franske absurdisten og filosofen Albert Camus",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "an absurdist (an advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics)"
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          "absurd"
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/absʉˈɖɪst/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/absʉʁˈdɪst/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/apsʉˈɖɪst/"
    },
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