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aberrant
/ æˈbɛrənt /
adjective
- deviating from the normal or usual type, as certain animals from the group in which they are classified
- behaving in an abnormal or untypical way
- deviating from truth, morality, etc
Derived Forms
- abˈerrance, noun
Other Words From
- ab·errance ab·erran·cy noun
- ab·errant·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of aberrant1
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".
He was detached from reality—in a manner that was even more extreme than his normally aberrant standards.
The abnormal and aberrant are being presented as normal and desirable.
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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