abnormal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /əbˈnɔɹ.ml̩/ (General-American)
- /ˌæbˈnɔɹ.ml̩/ (General-American)
- /ˌæbˈnɔː.məl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab-bor. English ab- Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor. Etruscanbor.? Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal English abnormal 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).
Meanings
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Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
1899, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 6, in A Duet:Here perhaps one of you might interrupt me and say, 'But what is it that you do, Socrates? How is it that you have been misrepresented like this? Surely all this talk and gossip about you would never have arisen if you had confined yourself to ordinary activities, but only if your behaviour was abnormal. Give us the explanation, if you do not want us to draw our own conclusions.'
1993, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick and Harold Tarrant, “Justice and Duty (i): Socrates Speaks at his Trial: the Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), revised edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 41:
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Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
Many of the so-called rites of these secret societies were so patently ridiculous, that it is quite obvious that they were merely an excuse for men and women to indulge in sex-play and lustful gratification, frequently of an abnormal kind.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 161:Furuseth was right; I was abnormal, an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.
1904, Jack London, chapter 23, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| abnormous | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| more abnormal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| anormal | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| most abnormal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
abnormalization · abnormalism · spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia-short limb-abnormal calcification syndrome · abnormie · abnormalise · haploabnormal · abnormality · abnormalize · abend · abnormal hieratic · abnormalness · abnormity · abnormally · abnormalist · nonabnormal · abnormalcy · superabnormal · abnormal psychology
Descendants
abnormal · abnormal · abnormal
Synonyms
strange (not conforming to rule or system, deviating from type) · anomalous (not conforming to rule or system, deviating from type) · extraordinary (not conforming to rule or system, deviating from type) · exceptional (not conforming to rule or system, deviating from type) · preternatural (not conforming to rule or system, deviating from type) · aberrant (not conforming to rule or system, deviating from type) · unusual (not conforming to rule or system, deviating from type) · atypical (not conforming to rule or system, deviating from type) · irregular (not conforming to rule or system, deviating from type)
Translations (109)
ja 不自然 (not conforming to rule or system) · ro nenormal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · gl anormal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · gl anormal (not conforming to rule or system) · nb usedvanlig (not conforming to rule or system) · eo nenormala (not conforming to rule or system) · kk қалыпты емес (not conforming to rule or system) · it anormale (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · de ungewöhnlich (not conforming to rule or system) · sh ȁbnormālan (not conforming to rule or system) · id abnormal (not conforming to rule or system) · ru ненорма́льный (not conforming to rule or system) · sh а̏бнорма̄лан (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · fa غیر عادی (not conforming to rule or system) · hi असाधारण (not conforming to rule or system) · bg ненормален (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · nb usedvanlig (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · nb ualminnelig (not conforming to rule or system) · fr anormal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · ga neamhghnách (not conforming to rule or system) · nb overordentlig (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · rue ненормалный (not conforming to rule or system) · eo anomalia (not conforming to rule or system) · ca anormal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · pl anormalny (not conforming to rule or system) · nb ualminnelig (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · et ebanormaalne (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · fi epänormaali (not conforming to rule or system) · af abnormaal (not conforming to rule or system) · fr inhabituel (not conforming to rule or system) · fi poikkeava (not conforming to rule or system) · it abnorme (not conforming to rule or system) · nb overordentlig (not conforming to rule or system) · da anormal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · cmn 異常 /异常 (not conforming to rule or system) · da unormal (not conforming to rule or system) · it anomalo (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · fr hors norme (not conforming to rule or system) · ga mínormálta (not conforming to rule or system) · nb abnormal (not conforming to rule or system) · sh nenormalan (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · nb uvanlig (not conforming to rule or system) · pt anormal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · nb unormal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · nb anormal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · sv onormal (not conforming to rule or system) · cs abnormální (not conforming to rule or system) · kk қалыпсыз (not conforming to rule or system) · fi poikkeava (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · nb uvanlig (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · fi epänormaali (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · es anormal (not conforming to rule or system) · ga mínormálta (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · fr exceptionnel (not conforming to rule or system) · hu rendellenes (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · fa آنرمال (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · ast anormal (not conforming to rule or system) · de abnormal (not conforming to rule or system) · pl anormalny (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · ar غَيْر طَبِيعِيّ (not conforming to rule or system) · sh nepravilan (not conforming to rule or system) · nl afwijkend (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · ca anormal (not conforming to rule or system) · nb abnormal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · ast anormal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · ja 異常 (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · enm unkynde (not conforming to rule or system) · ro anormal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · arz مش طبيعي (not conforming to rule or system) · pt anormal (not conforming to rule or system) · kix ūkhīeh (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · nl abnormaal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · et ebanormaalne (not conforming to rule or system) · nb unormal (not conforming to rule or system) · pl nienormalny (not conforming to rule or system) · pl nienormalny (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · kk қалыптан тыс (not conforming to rule or system) · da unormal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · bg противоестествен (not conforming to rule or system) · ms abnormal (not conforming to rule or system) · fa ناهنجار (not conforming to rule or system) · de abnormal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · ja 異常 (not conforming to rule or system) · cs abnormální (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · id abnormal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · fr anormal (not conforming to rule or system) · it anormale (not conforming to rule or system) · it anomalo (not conforming to rule or system) · hi असामान्य (not conforming to rule or system) · sv abnorm (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · da abnorm (not conforming to rule or system) · bg ненормален (not conforming to rule or system) · af gestrem (not conforming to rule or system) · vo nenomik (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · ro nenormal (not conforming to rule or system) · de anormal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · es anormal (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · da abnorm (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · sh а̏бнорма̄лан (not conforming to rule or system) · de abnorm (not conforming to rule or system) · de unnormal (not conforming to rule or system) · bg необичаен (not conforming to rule or system) · la abnormis (not conforming to rule or system) · bg неправилен (not conforming to rule or system) · sh ȁbnormālan (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) · nb anormal (not conforming to rule or system) · ro anormal (not conforming to rule or system) · nl abnormaal (not conforming to rule or system) · fr anormale (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms)