Widersinn

From wider- +‎ Sinn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːdəʁˌzɪn/, [ˈviːdɐˌzɪn]

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Widersinn m (strong, genitive Widersinnes or Widersinns, no plural)

1. misinterpretation, countersense
2. inconsistency, contradiction
3. nonsense, absurdity
   • 1905, Sigmund Freud, “Der Witz und seine Beziehung zum Unbewussten”, in Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious, page 45:

     Hat die Verwendung des Widersinnes in der Witztechnik jedesmal diese Bedeutung?

     Does the use of absurdity in joke technique always have this significance?

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