abnormality

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English

Etymology

abnormal +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæbˌnɔɹˈmæl.ət.i/, /ˌæbˌnɔɹˈmæl.ɪt.i/, /ˌæbˌnɚˈmæl.ət.i/, /ˌæbˌnɚˈmæl.ɪt.i/
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Noun

abnormality (countable and uncountable, plural abnormalities)

  1. The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
    • 2015 May 26, “Taylor Swift: Pop stardom is made out to be harder than it is”, in BBC News‎:
      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".
  2. Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abnormality”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
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