NOUN | purposelessness | - | |
SYNO | aimlessness | purposelessness |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- His work could be defined as sculpture or installation and is characterised by risk taking and purposelessness in tightly and often precariously balanced juxtapositions of objects.
- The most prominent theme in his work is the purposelessness and absurdity of existence.
- This may be understood as a form of defense mechanism in which the individual engages fanatically in activities in response to a deep sense of purposelessness.
- Durkheim used it in his influential book "Suicide" (1897) in order to outline the social (and not individual) causes of suicide, characterized by a rapid change of the standards or values of societies (often erroneously referred to as "normlessness"), and an associated feeling of alienation and purposelessness.
- Theatre of the Absurd promotes a detachment from reality by emphasising the purposelessness of life in its themes.
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