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aberrant

[ uh-ber-uhnt, ab-er- ]

adjective

  1. departing from the right, normal, or usual course.

    Synonyms: wandering

  2. deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal.

    Synonyms: unusual, divergent



noun

  1. an aberrant person, thing, group, etc.

aberrant

/ æˈbɛrənt /

adjective

  1. deviating from the normal or usual type, as certain animals from the group in which they are classified
  2. behaving in an abnormal or untypical way
  3. deviating from truth, morality, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • abˈerrance, noun
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Other Words From

  • ab·errance ab·erran·cy noun
  • ab·errant·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of aberrant1

First recorded in 1820–30, aberrant is from the Latin word aberrant- (stem of aberrāns, present participle of aberrāre to deviate). See ab-, errant
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Word History and Origins

Origin of aberrant1

rare before c19: from the present participle of Latin aberrāre to wander away
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Example Sentences

Lombardy's Lega party president, Attilio Fontana, said a guilty verdict would be "so aberrant, even from a judicial point of view, that I don't even want to think about it".

From BBC

He was detached from reality—in a manner that was even more extreme than his normally aberrant standards.

From Salon

The abnormal and aberrant are being presented as normal and desirable.

From Salon

He hoped doing so might help him improve treatments for cardiac arrhythmias — aberrant rhythms of the heart — that can prove dangerous and even deadly.

But before the aberrant antibodies behind autoimmune encephalitis were unmasked, many affected individuals died in intensive care units.

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