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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ab·sur·di·ty /əbˈsɝdəti, ˈzɚ/
 荒謬,悖理,荒謬的事

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ab·surd·i·ty n.; pl. Absurdities
 1. The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. “The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number.”
 2. That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
    His travels were full of absurdities.   --Johnson.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 absurdity
      n 1: a message whose content is at variance with reason [syn: absurdness,
            ridiculousness]
      2: a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of
         the clown's behavior" [syn: fatuity, fatuousness, silliness]