Definition of Abnormality

1. Noun. An abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies.


2. Noun. Retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence.
Exact synonyms: Mental Defectiveness
Generic synonyms: Backwardness, Mental Retardation, Retardation, Slowness, Subnormality
Specialized synonyms: Feeblemindedness
Derivative terms: Abnormal

3. Noun. Marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal.
Exact synonyms: Freakishness
Generic synonyms: Strangeness, Unfamiliarity
Derivative terms: Freakish, Freakish, Freakish

4. Noun. Behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality.
Exact synonyms: Irregularity
Generic synonyms: Misbehavior, Misbehaviour, Misdeed
Specialized synonyms: Deviance, Deviation
Derivative terms: Abnormal, Irregular, Irregular

Definition of Abnormality

1. n. The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.

Definition of Abnormality

1. Noun. The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity ¹

2. Noun. Something abnormal; an aberration. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Abnormality

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Medical Definition of Abnormality

1. 1. The state or quality of being abnormal. 2. An anomaly, deformity, malformation, impairment, or dysfunction. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abnormality

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Literary usage of Abnormality

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"A point of great interest in this whole matter is that, while the general fact of abnormality may be certain, the irregularities of function of that most ..."

2. Applied Psychology by Harry Levi Hollingworth, Albert Theodor Poffenberger (1920)
"The Nature of abnormality.—The history of the agencies of social amelioration from the middle ages to a very recent epoch is marred by the persistent ..."

3. Mentally Deficient Children: Their Treatment and Training by George Edward Shuttleworth (1910)
"abnormality of Nervous Action. 4. Defects in Nutrition. 1. Cranial Abnormalities. ... form of head, is indicative of this abnormality (see p. 54, ante). ..."

4. Problems of Child Welfare by George Benjamin Mangold (1914)
"Causes of Mental abnormality. Additional study is necessary to determine the comparative importance of heredity and of environment as causes of mental ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"An abnormality in Baña temporaria. Allât. An/. Bd. 14 p. 551— 552, 1 fig. [Vascular connection between rectal vein of hepatic portal and apex of the lung. ..."

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