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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.
Aberration definition: the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course. See examples of ABERRATION used in a sentence.
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.
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.
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. noun. /ˌæbəˈreɪʃn/. /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.
ABERRATION meaning: a temporary change from what usually happens. Learn more.
Definition of aberration noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
