Definition that contains the absurd
- beckett a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989)
- genet French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986)
- reductio (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
- ionesco French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994)
- reductio ad absurdum (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
- eugene ionesco French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994)
- samuel beckett a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989)
- jean genet French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986)