absurdist

English

Etymology

From absurd +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əbˈsɜːd.əst/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɝd.əst/, /əbˈsɝd.əst/

Noun

absurdist (plural absurdists)

2. An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]

Translations

writer of absurd topics

• Finnish: absurdisti (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: absurdist (no) m

• Polish: absurdalista m, absurdysta m
• Portuguese: absurdista m or f
• Russian: абсурди́ст (ru) m (absurdíst)
• Ukrainian: абсурди́ст m (absurdýst), абсурди́стка f (absurdýstka)

Adjective

absurdist (not comparable)

2. Of, or relating to absurdism. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]

Translations

relating to absurdism

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: absurdistisk, absurd (no)

• Polish: absurdystyczny
• Portuguese: absurdista
• Russian: абсурди́стский (ru) (absurdístskij)
• Swedish: absurdistisk (sv)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From absurdisme or absurd +‎ -ist, first parts both stem from the word absurd (“absurd”), from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to resound; ringing, whistling”). Last part from French -iste (“-ist, -istic”), from Latin -ista (“-ist; one who practises or believes”), from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), alternative form of -τής (-tḗs), from Proto-Hellenic *-tās, probably from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ (forms nouns representing state of being).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absʉˈɖɪst/, /absʉʁˈdɪst/, /apsʉˈɖɪst/, /apsʉʁˈdɪst/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɪst
• Hyphenation: ab‧surd‧ist

Noun

absurdist m (definite singular absurdisten, indefinite plural absurdister, definite plural absurdistene)

1. an absurdist (an advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics)
   • 1971, Anton Rønneberg, Ti års fjernsynsteater, page 212:

     «Mens vi venter på Godot» [av Samuel Beckett] sto lenge som absurdistenes bibel

     "While We Wait for Godot" [by Samuel Beckett] stood for a long time as the Bible of the absurdists

   • 1963, Morgenbladet, page 2:

     de virkelige absurdister hevder … at sproget hverken har sammenheng eller mening

     the real absurdists claim… that language has neither context nor meaning

   • 1992, Finn Alnæs, Restdjevelens karneval, page 462:

     han overveide å ta toakteren tilbake, men den gang trengte absurdistene all den støtte de kunne få

     he considered taking the two act play back, but at that time the absurdists needed all the support they could get

   • 2014 May 1, VG, pages 32–33:

     den franske absurdisten og filosofen Albert Camus

     the French absurdist and philosopher Albert Camus

Related terms

• absurd
• absurdisme
• absurdistisk
• absurditet
• absurdteater
• ad absurdum
• in absurdum

 

References

• “absurdist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “absurdist” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).