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Synonyms for abnormal

Grammar : Adj
Spell : ab-nawr-muhl
Phonetic Transcription : æbˈnɔr məl

Top 10 synonyms for abnormal
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Définition of abnormal

Origin :
  • 1835, displaced older abnormous (1742) and rival anormal (1835) under influence of Latin abnormis "deviating from a rule," from ab- "off, away from" (see ab-) + norma "rule" (see norm). The older forms were via Old French anormal (13c.), from Medieval Latin anormalos, from Greek anomalos, from an- "not" + homalos, from homos "same." The Greek word was altered in Latin by association with norma. Related: Abnormally.
  • adj different from standard or norm
Example sentences :
  • It was composed of the grim psychological laws that govern the abnormal.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • But this is abnormal and rather an affectation of technical skill.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • Eccentric, they call me; as if Nature and beauty were abnormal!
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Marcia knew very well that the family circumstances were abnormal.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • You will remember that these are all of the abnormal type of their grandfather.
  • Extract from : « The Perpetuation Of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission And Variation » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • Mine had been a solitary life, an unusual, abnormal kind of life.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • For these abnormal insights of the adepts ought to be normal, and things of course.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • We are a civilization of extremes; we are one-sided, abnormal; distorted.
  • Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
  • They are sometimes of abnormal size or stand out from the face.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
  • Her nerves are morbid, her egotism is excessive, her restlessness is abnormal.
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Wins » by Robert Herrick

Antonyms for abnormal

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