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Synonyms for aberrant

Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-ber-uhnt, ab-er-
Phonetic Transcription : əˈbɛr ənt, ˈæb ər-

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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