ad absurdum

adverb

To the point of absurdity.

OriginLatin ad absurdum ← ['la ', →
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Meanings

adverbad absurdum (not comparable)
  1. not comparableTo the point of absurdity.

    What the Squarepusher-type drill and bass artists have responded to and exaggerated ad absurdum is only one aspect of jungle: the music's complexity.

    2013, Simon Reynolds, Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 374

Origin

  1. ['la',
  2. Latinad absurdum
  3. Englishad absurdum

Borrowed from Latin ad absurdum (“to absurdity”).

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APA

ad absurdum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ad%20absurdum

MLA

“ad absurdum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ad%20absurdum. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ad absurdum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ad%20absurdum.

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