abnormality

pronunciation

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Noun:

an abnormal condition
retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality

Word Origin

abnormality (n.): "quality of being abnormal," 1854; "abnormal feature or quality," 1859, from abnormal + -ity. Earlier as abnormity (1731).

Synonym

n.

unconventionality abnormity variation oddness uncommonness hobby-horse queerness exception digression irregularity quirk bizarreness deviation idiosyncrasy eccentricity strangeness singularity aberrance aberrancy singularness unconformity unusualness divergence

n.

freak miscreation anomoly anomaly curiosity deformity perversion rarity eccentricity irregularity monstrosity malformation mutant oddity deviation aberration peculiarity monster

Antonym

n.

regularity normality standard

Example

1. The only abnormality is the incapacity to love .

2. That genital abnormality could indicate a disruption in testosterone levels , freinkel says .

3. Scanning for brain abnormality also could help fine-tune treatments for autism , courchesne said .

4. That compared with an abnormality rate of just an eighth in control zygotes grown from untransplanted , healthy eggs .

5. 350 Of the 582 participants in the obese category also met the criteria for metabolic abnormality .

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