aberrancy

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US/æˈbɛɹ.n̩.si/US/ˈæ.bɛɹ.n̩.sɪ/

noun

The condition of being aberrant; an aberrance.

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First used 17th c.Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nounaberrancy (countable and uncountable, plural aberrancies)

plural aberrancies

  1. countableuncountableThe condition of being aberrant; an aberrance.First known use 17th c.

    Thus they commonly affect no man any further than he deserts his reason, or complies with their aberrancies.

    1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3
  2. countableuncountablegeometryThe deviation of a curve from circular form.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna state or condition markedly different from the norm

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aberranceaberrationdeviance
Broader
abnormalityabnormalcy
Also see
aberranceaberrationdeviance

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From aberrance + -y.

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APA

aberrancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aberrancy

MLA

“aberrancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aberrancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aberrancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aberrancy.

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