aberration
3
8.7
- noun
- /ˌæbəˈreɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
perturbación mental
- Whether severe or not, depression is a mental aberration that must be taken seriously.
- mental aberration
- psychological aberrations
Examples
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In your view, is Mr. Harrison suffering from such mental aberration?
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Pyromania is a strange aberration anywhere, but in Palau, it is especially strange.
Academic text (1999) -
No sign of aberration in his behavior?
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Why do you have to reduce everything to a mental aberration?
Fiction book (1995) -
The fact that he even could consider such an aberration was undoubtedly a result of his dazed confusion and pain.
Fiction book (1991) -
Dennis, did anyone ever tell you that you have serious psychological aberrations?
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Individuals with various psychological aberrations complement each other's talents and characteristics.
Blog text (2) -
It's impossible to violate the body to the extent of Mr. Harrison's without suffering severe mental aberration, depression, even loss of reality.
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"Suppose," Cornelius thought, allowing himself a momentary aberration, "suppose J.B. has not been telling the truth?"
Fiction book (1996) -
The psychologist explained that an aberration in behavior could indicate a deeper mental health issue.
Synonyms
449
4.3
A health condition in which the body or mind do not work normally
1
7.5
A condition where a person's thinking or feelings work very differently from usual and cause problems
A change from what is normal or expected
A state of being very different from what is normal
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.8
A problem in a camera lens that makes colored edges appear in photos
- Specialized
1
9.5
Light through the edge of a round lens or mirror focuses at different points, making the image blurred
- Specialized
1
8.9
A change in the usual number or shape of chromosomes that often causes physical and mental problems
How Disturbed
- Specialized
52
8.7
- Informal
120
3.9
- Specialized
449
4.3
- Specialized
3
8.7
- Specialized
18
4.1
19
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Aberration comes from old Latin parts ab- 'away' and err- 'to wander', the same part as error. That's why a mental aberration is a time when the mind has 'strayed away' from its normal state.