abnormity
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
abnorm(al) + -ity, from Late Latin abnormitas, from Latin abnormis (“irregular, abnormal”), from ab + norm (“rule, pattern”). See also abnormous.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abnormity (countable and uncountable, plural abnormities)
- (rare) Alternative form of abnormality [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
- 1893, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, Real Folks[1]:
- 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?
- 2017, Xinhua News, China says launch of Long March-5 Y2 "unsuccessful"[2]:
- Abnormity was detected during the flight of the rocket, which blasted off at 7:23 p.m. Sunday from Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern province of Hainan.
- A monstrosity [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
Synonyms[edit]
- (abnormality—state of being abnormal): abnormality, weirdness; see also Thesaurus:strangeness
- (abnormality—something that is abnormal): aberrant; outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
Translations[edit]
departure from the ordinary type
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abnormity”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
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