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Theater Of The Absurd

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Noun

1. theater of the absurd

plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless

Example Sentences:
'Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco have written plays for the theater of the absurd'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Theater Of The Absurd

see synonyms of theater of the absurd
avant-garde, mid-20th-cent. drama made up of apparently absurd, incongruous, or pointless situations and dialogue, typically expressing the existential nature of self-isolation, anxiety, frustration, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Theater Of The Absurd

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n.
A form of drama that emphasizes the absurdity of human existence by employing disjointed, repetitious, and meaningless dialogue, purposeless and confusing situations, and plots that lack realistic or logical development.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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