noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The condition of being aberrant; an aberrance. countable, uncountable

   "Thus they commonly affect no man any further than he deserts his reason, or complies with their aberrancies."

2. 2
   a state or condition markedly different from the norm wordnet
3. 3
   The deviation of a curve from circular form. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

aberranceaberranceaberrationabnormalityanomalybend

Example

More examples

"Thus they commonly affect no man any further than he deserts his reason, or complies with their aberrancies."

Etymology

From aberrance + -y.

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