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 Translation for 'the absurd' from English to Slovak
SYNO absurd | the absurd
filoz.
absurdno {n}
the absurd
Partial Matches
absurdný {adj}absurd
nezmyselný {adj}absurd
smiešny {adj}absurd [ridiculous]
hlúpy {adj}absurd [silly]
tenthe
starší ľudia {pl}the elderly
bibl.
potopa {f} sveta
the Flood
lit.
klasika {f} [klasické diela trvalej umeleckej hodnoty]
the classics {pl}
východná časť {f}the eastward
západná časť {f}the westward
hudba
blues {n}
(the) blues
naľavo {adv} [kam]to the left
nábož.
Mesiáš {m}
the Messiah
astron.ezot.
Lev {m} <♌> [Leo]
The Lion <♌>
astron.ezot.
Váhy {pl} <♎> [Libra]
The Scales <♎>
astron.ezot.
Škorpión {m} <♏> [Scorpio]
The Scorpion <♏>
astron.ezot.
Strelec {m} <♐> [Sagittarius]
The Archer <♐>
severná časť {f}the northward
astron.ezot.
Ryby {pl} <♓> [Pisces]
The Fish <♓>
astron.ezot.
Rak {m} <♋> [Cancer]
The Crab <♋>
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Usage Examples English
  • One of Kosiński's more significant works is "Being There" (1970), a satirical view of the absurd reality of America's media culture.
  • The notion of the absurd contains the idea that there is no meaning in the world beyond what meaning we give it.
  • In his 1942 essay "The Myth of Sisyphus", absurdist philosopher Albert Camus acknowledges Husserl as a previous philosopher who described and attempted to deal with the feeling of the absurd, but claims he committed "philosophical suicide" by elevating reason and ultimately arriving at ubiquitous Platonic forms and an abstract god.
  • The Theatre of the Absurd subverts conventional theatrical form audiences have come to expect when viewing a play.
  • His early inclination towards the absurd and the sarcastic was well received by Kubin, who befriended Klee and became one of his first significant collectors.

  • The booklet of the Absurd EP "Asgardsrei" depicts the Knights Templar, the Teutonic Order and the Waffen-SS as warriors of the "Asgardsrei", which the bands define as a term for an alleged godly and Germanic group of warriors.
  • the potty-sounding phrase 'L'homme à la pomme' becomes the absurd nucleus of a big cod-ensemble."
  • For this reason commentators at times related his work to the Theatre of the Absurd.
  • His early works reflect a mastery and Americanization of the Theatre of the Absurd that found its peak in works by European playwrights such as Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, and Jean Genet.
  • While the essay rarely refers to this event, Robert Zaretsky argues that the event prompted his ideas of the absurd.

  • It tells the absurd story of a passenger named Charlie, who cannot pay a newly imposed 5-cent exit fare, and thus remains trapped in the subway system.
  • The term "Theatre of the Absurd" is applied to plays, written primarily by Europeans, that express the belief that human existence has no meaning or purpose and therefore all communication breaks down.
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