atypicality
- noun
- /ˌeɪtɪˈpɪkəlˌæti/
- Her artistic style was characterized by an unusual atypicality, setting her apart from her peers.
Examples
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Can, A. The Measurement of Neighborhood Dynamics in Urban House Prices. Economic Geography, 1990, 3, 254-72. Capozza, D.R., R.D. Israelsen, and T.A. Thomson. Appraisal, Agency and Atypicality: Evidence from Manufactured Homes. Real Estate.
Academic text (2016) -
Atypicality in itself does not imply CNS disease.
Academic text (1995) -
Applied to contract law, courts should evoke their power to cultivate self-restraint by emphasizing the atypicality of market exploitation and the prosocial behavior of most reasonable members of society.
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Recent social historians also get uneasy about the atypicality of working-class writers, even the unknown amateurs who left autobiographical fragments now being uncovered in family attics and union hall trunks.
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The group's atypicality was evident in their unconventional approach to problem-solving.
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Researchers are studying the atypicality of certain species to understand how they adapt to changing environments.
Synonyms
Something that is not normal or expected
Unusual behavior or habits that are different from what most people do
An unusual feature that makes someone or something different
A lack of regular pattern or evenness
The feeling that something is unusual or hard to explain
An unusual habit, quality, or way of thinking
Something that is not normal and can be seen in the body or test results
Being seen as different from most people or from what is usual
An unusual but pleasant way of behaving
A state of being unusual or strange in a way that is hard to explain
Doing things in a new or unusual way
How different or rare something is compared with what people expect
Being very unusual in appearance, ideas, or behavior
The state of not being usual or expected
A state of being different from what is usual or expected
A state of being very different from what is normal
A change from what is normal or expected
Being rare or not often seen
A quality of being very different or much better than normal
Data that do not follow the usual bell-shaped pattern used in statistics
Not being the same as another thing
Antonyms
How Atypical
Surface Forms
Morphology
atypicality = atypical (semi-transparent) = a + typic + al + ity
This is a standard noun formation from the adjective 'atypical' meaning the state or quality of being atypical.
Etymology
The word atypicality comes from the part a- meaning 'not' and from typical, which is related to type meaning 'a usual kind'. So, atypicality is the state of being 'not' the usual type.