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/əˈnɒm.ə.lɪ/ · noun
A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier..
This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.
He is an anomaly among his friends in that he's the only one who's unmarried.
She disregarded some of the anomalies in the experiment, putting them down to miscalculation.
Use anomaly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Anomaly means A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier..
Common synonyms include aberrant, abnormality, anomaly, deviance.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.
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