aberration
Noun
- a state or condition markedly different from the norm
- Synonyms
- aberrance
- aberrancy
- deviance
- Less specific
- More specific
- chromosomal aberration
- chromosomal anomaly
- chrosomal abnormality
- chromosonal disorder
- deflection
- warp
- Related
- aberrant
- deviant
- deviate
- aberrate
- aberrate
- aberrant
- deviant
- deviate
- aberrant
- deviant
- deviate
- aberrate
- aberrate
- aberrant
- deviant
- deviate
- a disorder in one’s mental state
- Less specific
- mental disorder
- mental disturbance
- disturbance
- psychological disorder
- folie
- Related
- an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
- Synonyms
- distortion
- optical aberration
- Less specific
- More specific
- chromatic aberration
- spherical aberration
- Related
noun
- a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one
they described the outbreak of violence in the area as an aberration | I see these activities as some kind of mental aberration | the decade was seen as a period of aberration in the country's progress towards a democratic society
Biology a characteristic that deviates from the normal type
colour aberrations
Origin
late 16th century : from Latin aberratio(n- ), from aberrare to stray (see aberrant )
Thesaurus
Noun
- economists said the figure was an aberration
Similar Words: anomaly deviation divergence abnormality irregularity variation digression edge case freak rogue rarity quirk oddity curiosity mistake
- it is possible that, in a moment of aberration, the parent may strike the child
Similar Words: abnormality irregularity eccentricity deviation transgression straying lapse aberrancy
- the experience might have been no more than a temporary aberration of an exhausted mind
Similar Words: disorder defect disease irregularity instability derangement vagary