abnormal
Meanings
Plural: abnormals
Adjective
- not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm
- "abnormal powers of concentration"
- "abnormal amounts of rain"
- "abnormal circumstances"
- "an abnormal interest in food"
- departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development
- "they were heartbroken when they learned their child was abnormal"
- "an abnormal personality"
Adjective Satellite
- much greater than the normal
- "abnormal profits"
- "abnormal ambition"
Adj
- Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
- Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
Noun
- A person or object that is not normal.
Origin / Etymology
From ab- + normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous, from Latin abnormis (“departing from normal”), from either (ab- (“away from”) + norma (“rule, norm”)), or Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos).
Synonyms
aberrant, anomalous, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, irregular, preternatural, strange, unnatural, unusual
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
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