absurd vs reflective

absurd

adj
  • Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly. 

  • Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value. 

  • Dealing with absurdism. 

noun
  • The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence. 

reflective

adj
  • Involving reflection. 

  • Reciprocal. 

  • That reveals or shows; revealing; indicative of. 

  • That reflects, or redirects back to the source. 

  • Pondering, especially thinking back on the past. 

How often have the words absurd and reflective occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )