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abnormal
CEFRB2
/ˌæbˈnɔː.məl/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Different from what is usual, expected, or healthy.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailA person or object that is not normal.
Examples
Environmental pollution is causing abnormal weather conditions.
I don't want to have children. Is that abnormal?
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 4
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 4
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ˌæbˈnɔɹ.ml̩/
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsOf or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
More examples
In contextI sometimes have abnormal vaginal bleeding.
And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
Furuseth was right; I was abnormal, an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.
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Origin
adjective
From ab- + normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous, from Latin abnormis (“departing from normal”), from either ab- (“away from”) + norma (“rule, norm”), or Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos).