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Discover LudwigThe phrase "absurd element" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a component or aspect of something that is unreasonable or illogical.
Example: "The absurd element of the argument made it difficult for anyone to take the proposal seriously."
Alternatives: "ridiculous aspect" or "ludicrous component".
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There's an absurd element".
There's a slightly absurd element to all this placid theoretical discussion, but it's not entirely dull — increasingly, the two men want to kill each other.
There's a slightly absurd element to all this placid theoretical discussion, but it's not entirely dull increasingly, the two men want to kill each other.
But the truly absurd element of this story is the rationale for Reagan's original proclamation, on which all these visa denials rest.
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Obviously, the account plays to the more absurd elements of L.A.
However, there is an intensity about the film-making and performances that stops even the more absurd elements here appearing risible.
Of course, accessible is a relative term when it comes to Stockhausen, in whose operas sacred, mundane, autobiographical and absurd elements collide.
"Isn't It Romantic" does a solid enough job of revealing the faulty and absurd elements that too often define rom-coms.
Anyone who thinks that absurd elements of overplanning and bureaucratic constraint are the worst evils Europe has recently experienced should try the Battle of the Somme.
We laugh at the rich — at the shallow consumerism, the obsession with absurd elements of status, at the whole glittering, ridiculous mess of it all.
Inspired by the Surrealists, he filled his shows with absurd elements — playing cards, cow prints, rubber pig noses, question marks — and parodies of the latest trends.
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