Dictionary

abnormity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /æbˈnɔɹ.mɪ.ti/ (US)

Etymology

From abnorm(al) + -ity, from Late Latin abnormitas, from Latin abnormis (“irregular, abnormal”), from ab + norm (“rule, pattern”). See also abnormous.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, rare, uncountable) Alternative form of abnormality
   alt of abnormality
   • Why do critics—some of them—make such short, smart work,—such cheerful, confident despatch, nowadays, of a story with religion in it, as if it were an abnormity,—a thing with sentence of death in itself, like a calf born with two heads,—that needs not their trouble, save to name it as it is? 1893, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, Real Folks:
   • Abnormity was detected during the flight of the rocket, which blasted off at 7:23 p.m. Sunday from Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern province of Hainan. 2017, Xinhua News, China says launch of Long March-5 Y2 "unsuccessful":
2. (countable, uncountable) A monstrosity

Forms

Synonyms

aberrant (abnormality—something that is abnormal) · weirdness · outlier · abnormality (abnormality—state of being abnormal)

Translations (7)

nb abnormitet (departure from the ordinary type) · el ανωμαλία (departure from the ordinary type) · el τερατούργημα (departure from the ordinary type) · nn abnormitet (departure from the ordinary type) · ro nenormalitate (departure from the ordinary type) · ro abnormalitate (departure from the ordinary type) · nl abnormaliteit (departure from the ordinary type)