Antonyms for aberrant
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-ber-uhnt, ab-er- |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈbɛr ənt, ˈæb ər- |
Definition of aberrant
Origin :- 1798, originally in natural history, from Latin aberrantem (nominative aberrans), present participle of aberrare "to wander away, go astray" (see aberration).
- adj not normal; varying from the usual
- It means that only the parent, which is presumably not immortal, is aberrant.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
- The aberrant forms then cease to be, and the mores become uniform.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- If there has been inheritance here, marked and aberrant variation is also observed.
- Extract from : « Prehistoric Man » by W. L. H. Duckworth
- Besides the Lemurs the group includes the aberrant Tarsius and Chiromys.
- Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
- It is, like the Wombat, aberrant in the lack of an obvious tail.
- Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
- The former is guided by physical force, and the extinction of the aberrant.
- Extract from : « The Religious Sentiment » by Daniel G. Brinton
- It works for a time, and even for life in the case of incomplete and aberrant women.
- Extract from : « Woman and Womanhood » by C. W. Saleeby
- The same truth is to be witnessed in aberrant types of character.
- Extract from : « The Unseen World and Other Essays » by John Fiske
- The designs represented in plate clvii are aberrant bird forms.
- Extract from : « Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 » by Jesse Walter Fewkes
- In figure 293 there is an aberrant form of design in which the triangle is used in combination with parallel and oblique bands.
- Extract from : « Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 » by Jesse Walter Fewkes
Synonyms for aberrant
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