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abnormality en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌæbˌnɔɹˈmæl.ɪt.i/ (US)
  • /ˌæbˌnɚˈmæl.ɪt.i/ (US)
  • /ˌæbˌnɚˈmæl.ət.i/ (US)
  • /ˌæbˌnɔɹˈmæl.ət.i/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌæbnɔːˈmælɪtɪ/ (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 Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English abnormality From abnormal + -ity. First attested in the mid 19th century.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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". 2015 May 26, “Taylor Swift: Pop stardom is made out to be harder than it is”, in BBC News:
  2. (countable, uncountable) 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. 1991, Brannon Braga, “Identity Crisis”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 4, episode 18, spoken by Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden):
    • 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. 2019 January 23, Susan Scutti, “Climate change will affect gender ratio among newborns, scientists say”, in CNN:
    • 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. 2026 March 18, Peter Plisner, “Tackling broken rails: the skills and technology improving safety”, in RAIL, number 1057, pages 30-31:

Forms

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abnormalities Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

normality

Deriveds

haploabnormality · neuroabnormality

Relateds

abnormalcy · abnormalism · abnormity

Synonyms

abnormalcy · anomalousness · weirdness · deviant · outlier · aberrant (something abnormal) · enormity

Translations (65)

ru анома́лия (something abnormal) · fr anormalité (state of being abnormal) · pl anormalność (something abnormal) · it anomalia (state of being abnormal) · sh abnormálnōst (state of being abnormal) · sv ovanlighet (state of being abnormal) · ga éanormalacht (state of being abnormal) · lv nenormālums (state of being abnormal) · fi poikkeavuus (state of being abnormal) · ia anormalitate (state of being abnormal) · sv abnormitet (something abnormal) · nl afwijking (something abnormal) · gl anormalidade (something abnormal) · ast anormalidá (something abnormal) · pt anormalidade (state of being abnormal) · pt anomalia (state of being abnormal) · ro anormalitate (state of being abnormal) · pl anormalność (state of being abnormal) · tl abnormalidad (state of being abnormal) · nb abnormitet (state of being abnormal) · cs abnormalita (state of being abnormal) · ga anchúinseacht (state of being abnormal) · lv neparastība (state of being abnormal) · lv neparastums (state of being abnormal) · lv nenormālība (state of being abnormal) · sv abnormitet (state of being abnormal) · gl anormalidade (state of being abnormal) · tr anormallik (state of being abnormal) · sh abnormálnōst (something abnormal) · cs abnormalita (something abnormal) · sv oregelbundenhet (something abnormal) · fr anomalie (state of being abnormal) · nl abnormaliteit (state of being abnormal) · ga ainspiantacht (state of being abnormal) · ga sonraíocht (state of being abnormal) · sh абнорма́лно̄ст (something abnormal) · ro anormalitate (something abnormal) · ru непра́вильность (state of being abnormal) · es anormalidad (state of being abnormal) · nl misvorming (something abnormal) · ca anormalitat (state of being abnormal) · sv avvikelse (something abnormal) · sl àbnormálnost (something abnormal) · nb abnormitet (something abnormal) · sv undantagsfall (state of being abnormal) · bg необичайност (state of being abnormal) · de Abnormalität (state of being abnormal) · bg неправилност (state of being abnormal) · eo nenormalaĵo (something abnormal) · sl àbnormálnost (state of being abnormal) · bg ненормалност (state of being abnormal) · eo anomalio (something abnormal) · ca anormalitat (something abnormal) · de Abweichung (state of being abnormal) · sh абнорма́лно̄ст (state of being abnormal) · de Abnormalität (something abnormal) · sv osedvanlighet (state of being abnormal) · ru ненорма́льность (state of being abnormal) · pl nienormalność (state of being abnormal) · ga mínormáltacht (state of being abnormal) · nl abnormaliteit (something abnormal) · pl nienormalność (something abnormal) · ast anormalidá (state of being abnormal) · sv anomali (something abnormal) · gv neureiltys (state of being abnormal)