aberrancy
- noun
- /ˌæbəˈrænsi/
:
anomalía
- The study identified several cases of aberrancy in the patient's behavior that warranted further investigation.
Examples
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But if the evidence on Burke is sometimes equivocal and sometimes against him, it follows that the aberrancy of a critic has no implications for the possible reach of his influence.
Academic text (1991) -
To him, this was the stuff of garden-variety porn, the fuel of the psychopathic minds that feed on fantasies of sexual aberrancies and violence.
Fiction book (1990) -
Researchers observed an aberrancy in the data that indicated a significant deviation from the expected results.
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The artist's style reflected a unique aberrancy from traditional techniques, making her work stand out.
Synonyms
165
7.1
Something that is not normal or expected
37
7.7
Something that is very different from what is normal or expected
15
7.8
Unusual behavior or habits that are different from what most people do
13
5.1
A lack of regular pattern or evenness
12
5.5
The feeling that something is unusual or hard to explain
12
5.9
An unusual habit, quality, or way of thinking
11
5.2
Something that is not normal and can be seen in the body or test results
4
7.9
Behavior that most people in a group do not accept
1
5.8
A state of being unusual or strange in a way that is hard to explain
1
6.9
A state of being very strange or unusual that surprises people
1
6.9
How different or rare something is compared with what people expect
1
7.5
A quality of being very strange or different from most people
1
6.1
A quality of being strange or unexpected, like odd weather
1
7.5
A quality that makes something seem strange or not normal
A change from what is normal or expected
A state of being different from what is usual or expected
Being different from the usual type or pattern
How much something differs from a standard or what was expected
Antonyms
How Unusual
165
7.1
15
5.3
- Specialized
12
6.4
13
5.1
13
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
aberrancy = aberrant (transparent) = aberr + ancy
Formed by a standard adjectival-to-noun derivation (aberrant + -ancy) yielding 'state of deviating', so its meaning is directly derived if the learner knows 'aberrant'.
Etymology
Aberrancy comes from the Latin parts ab- 'away from' and errare 'to stray', and it has the same root as the everyday word error. So, aberrancy is like a 'straying away' from what is normal or expected.