"absurdist" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əbˈsɜːd.əst/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æbˈsɝd.əst/ [US], /əbˈsɝd.əst/ [US]
Etymology: absurd + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|absurd|ist}} absurd + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} absurdist (not comparable)
  1. Of, or relating to absurdism. Tags: not-comparable Translations (relating to absurdism): absurdistisk (Norwegian Bokmål), absurd (Norwegian Bokmål), absurdystyczny (Polish), absurdista (Portuguese), абсурди́стский (absurdístskij) (Russian), absurdistisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-absurdist-en-adj-en:adjective

Noun

IPA: /əbˈsɜːd.əst/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æbˈsɝd.əst/ [US], /əbˈsɝd.əst/ [US] Forms: absurdists [plural]
Etymology: absurd + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|absurd|ist}} absurd + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} absurdist (plural absurdists)
  1. An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics. Categories (topical): People Translations (writer of absurd topics): absurdisti (Finnish), absurdist [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), absurdalista [masculine] (Polish), absurdysta [masculine] (Polish), absurdista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), абсурди́ст (absurdíst) [masculine] (Russian), абсурди́ст (absurdýst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), абсурди́стка (absurdýstka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-absurdist-en-noun-en:person Disambiguation of People: 16 84 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 5 95

Inflected forms

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