ABSURDITY

ABSURD'ITY, noun 1. The quality of being inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. Want of judgment, applied to men; want of propriety, applied to things.2. That which is absurd; in this sense it has a plural; the absurdities of men.

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absurdity. Absurdity, n. unreasonableness, inconsistency

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Ab‐surd″i‐ty (–ĭ‐ty̆), n.; pl. Absurdities (–tĭz). [[L. absurditas: cf. F. absurdite.]] 1. 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.” Locke.
2. 2. That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
His travels were full of absurdities. Johnson.