noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
absurdism
A philosophical stance that emphasizes the conflict between the human tendency to seek inherent value and meaning in life and the human inability to find any in a purposeless, meaningless, or chaotic and irrational universe.
Camus is regarded as a representative writer of absurdism.
The absurdist worldview had a great influence on 20th-century literature.