Aberrance

//ˈæ.bɛɹ.n̩s// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude. countable, uncountable

    "Like Miller, George Lionel married briefly and unsuccessfully, and during the McCarthy era was blacklisted for political aberrance."

  2. 2
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm wordnet

Synonyms

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aberrancyaberrationabnormalityanomalydelinquencyderangement

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"Like Miller, George Lionel married briefly and unsuccessfully, and during the McCarthy era was blacklisted for political aberrance."

Etymology

From aberr (“to stray”), from Latin aberrō (“to wander from the way”) + -ance.

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