abnormity

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abnormity

  • /æbˈnɔɹ.mɪ.ti/ US

Where it comes from

From abnorm(al) + -ity, from Late Latin abnormitas, from Latin abnormis (“irregular, abnormal”), from ab + norm (“rule, pattern”). See also abnormous.

noun abnormities

  1. alternative, countable, rare, uncountable Alternative form of abnormality Why do critics—some of them—make such short, smart work,—such cheerful, confident despatch, nowadays, of a story with religion in it, as if it were an abnormity,—a thing with sentence of death in itself, like a calf born with two heads,—that needs not their trouble, save to name it as it is?

    Similar: abnormality, aberrant

  2. countable, uncountable A monstrosity

Similar: weirdness, outlier

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noun

Similar: weirdness, outlier

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noun departure from the ordinary type

Ελληνικάανωμαλία anomalía, τερατούργημα teratoúrgima
Românănenormalitate, abnormalitate

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@misc{abnormity_2026,
  title = {abnormity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abnormity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}