abnormality
- noun
- /æbˈnɔrməlɪti/
- NSFW
- The use of chemicals has been linked to birth defects, cancer, psychological abnormalities, allergies, and asthma.
- a mental abnormality
Examples
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The psychologist diagnosed him with a mental abnormality that affected his intelligence and behavior.
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If you were a tenth as smart as you pretend to be, you'd have understood that it is by the "Disagreement was considered a psychological or emotional abnormality or defect" token, because that describes your position exactly.
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Controls did not suffer from any psychiatric abnormalities.
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Mental abnormality.
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The whole time I've been here I've been working on this idea about a group of different people with all these brain abnormalities.
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A number of states currently have laws that permit the government to seek civil commitment of sex offenders who suffer from mental abnormalities or personality disorders that render them likely to engage in future violent sex crimes.
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why, I can show you cases we have on file of certain members of our congregation who have overcome debilitating illness drug habits, physical and psychological abnormalities
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These findings support the conclusions of others that children with SSC manifest cognitive abnormalities long term (2, 3, 9, 10).
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These sensory and motor disorders, coupled with mental retardation, attention deficit, and behavior abnormalities, can present a real challenge to physical educators.
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That one of the initial signs that a man is "called" to assume the priesthood is the manifestation of "Agwu" in his life, a mild display by him of mental abnormality in which he sees visions and has supernatural communications with all sorts of spiritual forces.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
Lower than usual ability to think and learn
A condition where a person's thinking or feelings work very differently from usual and cause problems
A condition of low ability to learn and think that starts in childhood
A condition in which a person has lower than usual thinking ability
Compounds
- Specialized
A change in the number or shape of chromosomes that often causes health problems
- Specialized
A health problem in the body or the way it works that is present when a baby is born
- Specialized
A condition where a person's thinking or feelings work very differently from usual and cause problems
How Severe
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Abnormality comes from the parts ab- meaning 'away' and normal meaning 'usual' or 'rule'. So when used about intelligence, abnormality means a person's mental development is 'away from the usual' range and may need special support.