ABERRANT in English dictionary

  • aberrant

    Meanings and definitions of "ABERRANT"

    • Differing from the norm, from the expected type; abnormal, anomalous.
    • Deviating from morality; straying from the right way.
    • (biology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
    • A person or object that is aberrant.
    • adjective
      Differing from the norm. [Attesting from the mid 16 th century until the early 17 th century.]Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 4
    • adjective
      (sometimes figuratively)
      Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18 th century.]
    • adjective
      (botany, zoology)
      Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19 th century.]
    • noun
      A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
    • noun
      (biology)
      A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
    • wandering; straying from the right way
    • deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal
    • deviating from morality
    • Deviating from the ordinary or natural type.
    • adjective
      markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"
    • noun
      one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group

    Synonyms of "ABERRANT" in English dictionary

    deviant, deviate, abnormal are the top synonyms of "ABERRANT" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of ABERRANT

    • aberrant ( comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)
    • aberrant ( plural  aberrants)
    • aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)
    • aberrant (plural aberrants)
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