Abnormality

Quick meaning: Abnormality is a noun meaning The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.

Meaning

The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.

More Meanings

1. Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.

Example Sentences

I want a full genetic analysis. We're going to examine any abnormality we find no matter how insignificant it seems.

Taylor said that her fame makes her "sometimes" miss the normality of being able to hang out with friends but that she's had to get used to "the abnormality of my life".

The factors that filter out who “gets through” from conception to birth include chromosomal or genetic abnormalities of the fetus or the mother’s stress response to changes in her environment, Catalano said.

Finally, there's also operational damage through impact energy from wheels hitting the rail. For that, Network Rail has another weapon in its armoury in the form of the Plain Line Pattern Recognition (PLPR) trains. These use geometry measurement and imaging to detect abnormalities such as missing or defective fastenings.

Word Forms

• abnormalities

Synonyms for abnormality

Depending on context, synonyms include abnormalcy, anomalousness, enormity, weirdness, aberrant, deviant.

Antonyms for abnormality

Common opposites include normality, normalcy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include abnormalcy, irregularity, freakishness, abnormal, anomaly, aberration.

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