abnormality
English
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From abnormal + -ity. First attested in the mid 19th century.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæbnɔːˈmælɪtɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌæbˌnɔɹˈmæl.ət.i/, /ˌæbˌnɔɹˈmæl.ɪt.i/, /ˌæbˌnɚˈmæl.ət.i/, /ˌæbˌnɚˈmæl.ɪt.i/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]abnormality (countable and uncountable, plural abnormalities)
- The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
- Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.
- 1991, Brannon Braga, “Identity Crisis”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 4, episode 18, spoken by Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden):
- I want a full genetic analysis. We're going to examine any abnormality we find no matter how insignificant it seems.
- 2019 January 23, Susan Scutti, “Climate change will affect gender ratio among newborns, scientists say”, in CNN[2]:
- The factors that filter out who “gets through” from conception to birth include chromosomal or genetic abnormalities of the fetus or the mother’s stress response to changes in her environment, Catalano said.
- 2026 March 18, Peter Plisner, “Tackling broken rails: the skills and technology improving safety”, in RAIL, number 1057, pages 30-31:
- Finally, there's also operational damage through impact energy from wheels hitting the rail. For that, Network Rail has another weapon in its armoury in the form of the Plain Line Pattern Recognition (PLPR) trains. These use geometry measurement and imaging to detect abnormalities such as missing or defective fastenings.
Synonyms
[edit]- (state of being abnormal): abnormalcy, anomalousness, enormity, weirdness; see also Thesaurus:strangeness
- (something abnormal): aberrant, deviant, outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
Antonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]state of being abnormal
something abnormal
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References
[edit]- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abnormality”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
Further reading
[edit]- “abnormality”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “abnormality”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
- “abnormality”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “abnormality”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “abnormality, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “abnormality”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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