aberrative

Examples

• All

• The scientist observed aberrative patterns in the data that suggested something unusual was happening.

• Her aberrative choices in fashion shocked everyone at the gala, as they deviated sharply from the expected norms.

• Thus, the period 1982-89 remains atypical and aberrative in the contemporary history of the church's political role and dynamics.

  Academic text (1996)

• Any individual's lack of agency or lack of responsibility to another is considered aberrative and indicative of the individual's need for healing (as in the case of Tayo in Ceremony).

  Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

A

abnormal

vsaberrative

98 4.2

Different from what is usual in a way that may be worrying

describes oddness or rarity without necessarily implying harm

U

unnatural

vsaberrative

97 4.1

Not normal or what people expect

refers to general unusual features without implying artificiality

A

atypical

vsaberrative

26 5.7

Different from what is usual or expected

emphasizes an abnormal departure from common or typical patterns

A

anomalous

vsaberrative

22 8.1

Not like what is usual or expected

covers any unusual or atypical features, not only formal deviations

A

aberrant

vsaberrative

14 8.2

Different from what is normal, often in a way people see as wrong

focuses on unusual departure generally rather than moral judgment

U

uncharacteristic

vsaberrative

14 5.4

Not usual for a person or thing

applies more broadly to any unusual or nonstandard occurrence

A

aberrational

vsaberrative

1 8.6

Not normal for a person, time, or place

highlights a general departure from normal patterns instead of tone

Antonyms

N

normal

∞ 1.0

Usual or expected in most situations

U

usual

∞ 1.0

Happening most of the time in a normal way

T

typical

714 1.0

Having the usual qualities of a person, thing, or group

How Abnormal

bizarre

389 5.9

aberrative

9.5

abnormal

98 4.2

odd

878 1.0

unusual

∞ 2.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology