# absurdisme
## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch absurdisme.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /absurˈdismə/ [ap̚.surˈdis.mə]
* Rhymes: -ismə
* Syllabification: ab‧sur‧dis‧me

### Noun

absurdismê (plural absurdisme-absurdisme)
* absurdism

#### Related terms

* absurd

#### Descendants

* → Malay: absurdisme

### Further reading

* “absurdisme” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian absurdisme, from Dutch absurdisme.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ab.sur.dis.mə]
* Hyphenation: ab‧sur‧dis‧me
* Rhymes: -mə

### Noun

absurdisme (Jawi spelling ابسورديسمى, plural absurdisme-absurdisme, informal 1st possessive absurdismeku, 2nd possessive absurdismemu, 3rd possessive absurdismenya)
* (literature) absurdism

### References

* “absurdisme” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 5.

### Further reading

* “absurdisme” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

absurd +‎ -isme, first part from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from ab (“away from, out”) + surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”). Last part from French -isme (“-ism”), from Latin -isma, -ismus (“-ism”), from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós, forms abstract nouns), from -μός (-mós, forms abstract nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *-mos or *-mós (creates nouns).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abˈsʉɖɪsmə/, /abˈsʉʁdɪsmə/, /apˈsʉɖɪsmə/, /apˈsʉʁdɪsmə/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪsmə
* Hyphenation: ab‧surd‧is‧me

### Noun

absurdisme m (definite singular absurdismen, indefinite plural absurdismer, definite plural absurdismene)
* (philosophy) absurdism (the philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail)
** 1964, VG, page 35:harselas over absurdismen som fenomenlaugh at the absurdism as a phenomenon
** 2011 August 18, Bergens Tidende‎$^{[bt.no]}$:filmen ville tjent på flere … øyeblikk og momenter av friksjon og kynisk absurdismethe film would benefit from more… moments and moments of friction and cynical absurdism
    Beckett, Ionesco og Pinter er representanter for absurdismen
       Beckett, Ionesco and Pinter are representatives of absurdism
* (literature) absurdist fiction (direction in literature and drama which highlights the absurdity of life)
** 1963, Morgenbladet:[det var] særlig i den dramatiske form absurdismen hadde etablert seg som litterær retning[it was] especially in the dramatic form that absurdism had established itself as a literary direction
** 2014 February 24, Dagbladet, page 46:Carrolls verk [foregriper] både surrealismen og absurdismenCarroll's work [anticipates] both surrealism and absurdism
* an absurdism or absurdity (that which is absurd; an absurd thought or action)
** 1999, Håvard Rem, Bob Dylan, page 12:[Dylan forvirret] livsstils-journalister med ordspill, naivismer, absurdismer[Dylan confused] lifestyle journalists with puns, naivisms, absurdisms
    Synonym: absurditet

#### Related terms

* absurd
* absurdist
* absurdistisk
* absurditet
* absurdteater
* ad absurdum
* in absurdum

### References

* “absurdisme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “absurdisme” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
* “absurdisme” in Store norske leksikon