# absurdist
## English
### Etymology

From absurd +‎ -ist.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əbˈsɜːd.əst/
* (US) IPA: /æbˈsɝd.əst/, /əbˈsɝd.əst/

### Noun

absurdist (plural absurdists)
* An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
** 1973 March 18, Henri Peyre, “The Wine of Absurdity”, in The New York Times‎:The basic assumptions of our way of life as we traditionally justified it are being questioned by that revolt of the young absurdists.
** 2006 February 1, Douglas Martin, “Stew Albert, 66, Who Used Laughter to Protest a War, Dies”, in The New York Times‎:But Mr. Albert was a leader of the Yippies, inasmuch as there were leaders, from before the formal hatching of the self-styled gang of political absurdists in January 1968 until they faded away after Vietnam.

#### Translations
### Adjective

absurdist (not comparable)
* Of, or relating to absurdism. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
** 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 15 August 2012, Technology‎: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.

#### Translations
### References

* 1 2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absurdist”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.

## 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: /absʉˈɖɪst/, /absʉʁˈdɪst/, /apsʉˈɖɪst/, /apsʉʁˈdɪst/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪst
* Hyphenation: ab‧surd‧ist

### Noun

absurdist m (definite singular absurdisten, indefinite plural absurdister, definite plural absurdistene)
* 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 meningthe 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 fåhe 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 Camusthe 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).