anomaly
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anomaly
- /əˈnɒm.ə.lɪ/ UK
- /əˈnɑ.mə.li/ Atlantic Canada, US
- /əˈnɒm.ə.li/ Canada, dialectal
- /əˈnɔm.ə.li/ Australia
- [əˈnɔ̟m.ə.li] New Zealand
Where it comes from
From Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία (anōmalía, “irregularity, anomaly”), from ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “irregular, uneven”), negating the meaning of ὁμαλός (homalós, “even”), from ὁμός (homós, “same”).
noun anomalies
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A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.
Similar: abnormality, deviance, deviation, exception, inconsistency, irregularity, phenomenon
- Something or someone that is strange or unusual. He is an anomaly among his friends in that he's the only one who's unmarried.
- Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not. She disregarded some of the anomalies in the experiment, putting them down to miscalculation.
- Any of various angular distances.
- A defect or malformation.
- A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
- An irregularity or disproportion.
Similar: aberrant, abnormality, anomaly, deviance, deviant, farlie, freak, irregularity, odd fish, oddity, outlier, peculiarity, queerness, rarity, rum, strange fish, strangeness, unusualness, weirdness
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: anomalousness, unusual person, anomalous, abnormality, abnormal, aberration, freak, irregularity, discrepancy, incoherence, monstrosity, inconsistency, dissonance, malformation, glitch, imbalance
noun
Similar: aberrant, abnormality, anomaly, deviance, deviant, farlie, freak, irregularity, odd fish, oddity, outlier, peculiarity, queerness, rarity, rum, strange fish, strangeness, unusualness, weirdness
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noun dated: an irregularity or inconsistency
| Português | anomalia |
|---|---|
| Français | anomalie |
| Deutsch | Anomalie |
| Italiano | anomalia |
| Ελληνικά | ανωμαλία anomalía |
| العربية | شُذُوذ šuḏūḏ |
noun deviation from norm
| Español | anomalía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 예외 ye'oe |
| 日本語 | 例外 reigai |
| 中文 | 異常 /异常 yìcháng, 反常 fǎncháng |
| हिन्दी | असंगति asaṅgti |
| Português | anomalia |
| Français | anomalie |
| Deutsch | Anomalie |
| Italiano | anomalia |
| Ελληνικά | ανωμαλία anomalía |
| Română | anomalie |
| Русский | анома́лия anomálija, ненорма́льность nenormálʹnostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | sự bất thường |
| العربية | شُذُوذ šuḏūḏ |
noun something or someone that is strange or unusual
| Español | anomalía |
|---|---|
| Português | anomalia |
| Italiano | anomalia |
| العربية | شُذُوذ šuḏūḏ |
noun science: any event, big or small, out of the ordinary
| Português | anomalia |
|---|---|
| Italiano | anomalia |
| Ελληνικά | ανωμαλία anomalía |
noun astronomy: any of various angular distances
| 日本語 | 離角 rikaku |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | कोणिकांतर koṇikāntar |
| Français | anomalie |
| Română | anomalie |
noun biological defect or malformation
| Italiano | anomalia |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | ανωμαλία anomalía |
| Română | anomalie |
| العربية | عَيْب خِلْقِيّ ʕayb ḵilqiyy |
Talk about this word "anomaly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/anomaly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. anomaly. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/anomaly "anomaly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/anomaly.Cite this
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title = {anomaly},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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