abnormitet

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

abnorm +‎ -itet, first part from Latin abnōrmis (“departing from normal”), from both ab- (“away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), and from nōrma (“norm, standard; rule, precept”) (with the suffix -is), from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “examiner, carpenter's square”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “I am aware of”) (with the suffix -μων (-mōn, “I am aware of”), from Proto-Indo-European *-mō), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵiǵneh₃- (with the suffix -σκω (-skō), from Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Last part from German -ität (“-ity”), from French -ité (“-ity”), from the suffix -itātem, accusative of -itās, from Proto-Italic *-itāts and *-otāts, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, from *-teh₂ + *-ts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abnɔrmɪˈteːt/

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• Rhymes: -eːt
• Hyphenation: ab‧nor‧mi‧tet

Noun

abnormitet m (definite singular abnormiteten, indefinite plural abnormiteter, definite plural abnormitetene)

1. abnormality (the state or quality of being abnormal)

   Antonym: normalitet

2. an abnormality (something abnormal; an aberration)
   • 1884, Henrik Ibsen, Vildanden, page 206:

     [han] har havt ansats til den slags abnormiteter som De kalder personlighed

     [he] has been involved in the kind of abnormalities that you call personality

   • 1980, Alexander L. Kielland, Brev 1869−1906 III, page 245:

     om de mentale abnormiteter har jeg læst saa meget, at jeg har maattet stanse for en tid

     I have read so much about the mental abnormalities that I have had to stop for a while

   • 1933, Ingjald Reichborn-Kjennerud, Vår gamle trolldomsmedisin II, page 9:

     uttrykk for en av trollskap voldt abnormitet hos barn

     expression of an abnormality caused by sorcery in children

   • 2013 February 7, nrk.no:

     for hele verden ble [den såkalte apekvinnen] et misfoster, en abnormitet som ble vist frem for penger

     for the whole world [the so-called ape-woman] became a freak, an abnormality that was shown for money

   Synonym: misdannelse

   Antonym: normalitet

Related terms

• abnorm (“abnormal”)

References

• “abnormitet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abnormitet” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abnormitet” in Store norske leksikon

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

abnormitet m (definite singular abnormiteten, indefinite plural abnormitetar, definite plural abnormitetane)

1. abnormality, abnormity

Related terms

• abnorm

References

• “abnormitet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

abnorm +‎ -itet

Noun

abnormitet c

1. an abnormity

Declension

Declension of abnormitet
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	abnormitet	abnormiteten	abnormiteter	abnormiteterna
Genitive	abnormitets	abnormitetens	abnormiteters	abnormiteternas