Aberrant
WordNet
adjective
(1) Markedly different from an accepted norm
"Aberrant behavior"
"Deviant ideas"
noun
(2) One whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Coined between 1820 and 1830 from , present active participle of . See aberr.
Adjective
- Differing from the norm, from the expected type; abnormal, anomalous.
- Deviating from morality; straying from the right way.
- Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
- Charles Darwin,
- The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.
- Charles Darwin,
Shorthand
- Gregg (Version: Centennial, Series 90, DJS,Simplified): a - b - r - a - nt
- (Version: Anniversary): a - b - e - r - a - nt
- (Version: Pre_Anniversary): a - b - e - r - nt
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Etymology
From , stem of , present active participle of .
Adjective
- aberrant
- aberrant
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Adjective
- Aberrant, abnormal or anomalous.
- Which is impossible according to the norms or rules.