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/ab serr"dist, -zerr"-/, adj.1. of, pertaining to, or dealing with absurdism or the absurd.n.2. an adherent of absurdism, esp. a writer whose work is characterized by absurdist ideas.[1950-55; ABSURD + -IST]
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