absurdism
/əbˈsɜːrdɪzəm/
the conflict between human search for meaning and a meaningless universe
absurdism in a sentence
“Camus embraced absurdism: we must imagine Sisyphus happy.”
Origin of absurdism
Latin absurdus 'out of tune, incongruous' from ab 'away from' + surdus 'deaf, dull'
Related Words
bad faith
self-deception about one's freedom and responsibility
thrownness
the condition of finding oneself already in a particular situation
lifeworld
the pre-reflective world of everyday lived experience
facticity
the concrete facts of one's existence that limit possibility
intentionality
the directedness of consciousness toward objects
dasein
Heidegger's term for human existence as 'being-there'