THEATER OF THE ABSURD

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Meaning:

Plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless

Example:

Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco have written plays for the theater of the absurd

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("theater of the absurd" is a kind of...):

drama; dramatic play; play (a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage)