aberrance

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aberrance

  • /ˈæ.bɛɹ.n̩s/ US
  • /æˈbɛɹ.n̩ts/ US

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From aberr (“to stray”), from Latin aberrō (“to wander from the way”) + -ance.

noun aberrances · aberrancy

  1. countable, uncountable State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude. Like Miller, George Lionel married briefly and unsuccessfully, and during the McCarthy era was blacklisted for political aberrance.

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noun state of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude

Españolaberración
Portuguêsaberração, aberrância
Françaisaberrance
DeutschAbweichung
Românăaberanță

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@misc{aberrance_2026,
  title = {aberrance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aberrance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}