abnormality

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abnormality

  • /ˌæbnɔːˈmælɪtɪ/ UK
  • /ˌæbˌnɔɹˈmæl.ət.i/ US
  • /ˌæbˌnɔɹˈmæl.ɪt.i/ US
  • /ˌæbˌnɚˈmæl.ət.i/ US
  • /ˌæbˌnɚˈmæl.ɪt.i/ US

Where it comes from

From abnormal + -ity. First attested in the mid 19th century.

noun abnormalities

  1. countable, uncountable The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. Taylor said that her fame makes her "sometimes" miss the normality of being able to hang out with friends but that she's had to get used to "the abnormality of my life".
  2. countable, uncountable Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature. I want a full genetic analysis. We're going to examine any abnormality we find no matter how insignificant it seems.

    Similar: aberrant

Similar: abnormalcy, anomalousness, enormity, weirdness, deviant, outlier · Opposite: normality

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noun state of being abnormal

Españolanormalidad
Portuguêsanormalidade, anomalia
Françaisanomalie, anormalité
DeutschAbweichung, Abnormalität
Italianoanomalia
Românăanormalitate
Русскийненорма́льность nenormálʹnostʹ, непра́вильность neprávilʹnostʹ

noun something abnormal

DeutschAbnormalität
Românăanormalitate
Русскийанома́лия anomálija

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@misc{abnormality_2026,
  title = {abnormality},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abnormality},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}