abnormal

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 2 German 2.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

A replacement for the earlier anormal, from French anormal, Late Latin anormalus for Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anōmalos), “‘uneven, unequal’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /æbˈnɔɹməl/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)məl

[edit] Adjective

abnormal (comparative more abnormal, superlative most abnormal)

1. Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
   • 1899, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Duet, ch. 6:

     And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.

2. Of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
   • 1904, Jack London, The Sea Wolf, ch. 23:

     Furuseth was right; I was abnormal, an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.

[edit] Synonyms

• (not conforming to rule or system; deviating from type): aberrant, anomalous, exceptional, extraordinary, irregular, odd, strange, unusual.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

abnormal (plural abnormals)

1. A person or object that is not normal.

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[edit] German

[edit] Adjective

abnormal (comparative abnormaler, superlative am abnormalsten)

1. abnormal