absurdism

plural absurdisms

1. uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesA philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail.First known use First attested in the mid 20ᵗʰ century.
2. countableusuallyAbsurdity, something that is absurd

   Henri Duval is a swashbuckling adventure with an absurdism straight out of Douglas Fairbanks: Siegel makes his hero a dandy who draws swords on men who insult his clothes.

   2004, Gerard Jones, Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book, →ISBN, page 113

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   It is a sense of irrational well-being that can seduce perfectly rational people to believe such absurdisms as “Two can live as cheaply as one…” Later (about 9 1/2 weeks) comes the rational spoilsport follow up “…for half as long.”

   2010 May 24, ca, The New York Times