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Absurdism and Comedy

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Difference between Absurdism and Comedy

Absurdism vs. Comedy

In philosophy, "the Absurd" refers to the conflict between the human tendency to seek inherent value and meaning in life and the human inability to find any. In a modern sense, comedy (from the κωμῳδία, kōmōidía) refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film, stand-up comedy, or any other medium of entertainment.

Similarities between Absurdism and Comedy

Absurdism and Comedy have 2 things in common (in Unionpedia): Irony, Theatre of the Absurd.

Irony

Irony, in its broadest sense, is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or event in which what appears, on the surface, to be the case, differs radically from what is actually the case.

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Theatre of the Absurd

The Theatre of the Absurd (théâtre de l'absurde) is a post–World War II designation for particular plays of absurdist fiction written by a number of primarily European playwrights in the late 1950s, as well as one for the style of theatre which has evolved from their work.

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Absurdism and Comedy Comparison

Absurdism has 63 relations, while Comedy has 299. As they have in common 2, the Jaccard index is 0.55% = 2 / (63 + 299).

References

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