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- Dictionaryaberration/ˌabəˈreɪʃn/
noun
- 1. 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" Similar
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a change from what is typical or usual, esp. a temporary change: The drop in our school’s test scores was dismissed as an aberration.
1. a. : the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state. aberrations of character. b. : something or someone regarded as atypical and therefore able to be ignored or discounted. Harkins was to be regarded as an aberration among American military leaders … Neil Sheehan.
Aberration definition: the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course. See examples of ABERRATION used in a sentence.
noun. /ˌæbəˈreɪʃn/ [countable, uncountable] (formal) a fact, an action or a way of behaving that is not usual, and that may be unacceptable. It was a temporary aberration of his exhausted mind. Economists dismissed last month's jump in inflation as an aberration. Extra Examples. Word Origin. Take your English to the next level.
An aberration is something strange that rarely occurs. An example of an aberration is when the temperature in Minnesota hits 90 degrees in January — it's nice and warm, but it's really strange.
An aberration is an incident or way of behaving that is not typical. [formal] It became very clear that the incident was not just an aberration. Synonyms: anomaly, exception, defect, abnormality More Synonyms of aberration. 2. variable noun.
A disorder or abnormal alteration in one's mental state. American Heritage. More Noun Definitions (18) Synonyms: deviance. aberrancy. aberrance. deviation. optical aberration. distortion. queerness. folie. erraticness. unnaturalness. preternaturalness.
a change from what is typical or usual, esp. a temporary change: The drop in our school’s test scores was dismissed as an aberration.
Aberration definition: the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course. See examples of ABERRATION used in a sentence.
ABERRATION meaning: a temporary change from what usually happens. Learn more.
