abnormality

noun
/ˌæbnɔːˈmælɪtɪ/UK/ˌæbˌnɔɹˈmæl.ət.i/US

Etymology

From abnormal + -ity.

  1. derived from ἀνώμαλος
  2. derived from abnormis — “departing from normal
  3. formed as abnormality — “abnormal + -ity

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being abnormal

    The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.

    • Taylor said that her fame makes her "sometimes" miss the normality of being able to hang out with friends but that she's had to get used to "the abnormality of my life".
  2. Something abnormal

    Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.

    • I want a full genetic analysis. We're going to examine any abnormality we find no matter how insignificant it seems.
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for abnormality. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA