abnormity

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US/æbˈnɔɹ.mɪ.ti/

noun

A monstrosity

First used First attested in the mid 18ᵗʰ century.Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounabnormity (countable and uncountable, plural abnormities)

plural abnormities

  1. alternativecountablerareuncountableAlternative form of abnormalityFirst known use First attested in the mid 18ᵗʰ century.

    Abnormity was detected during the flight of the rocket, which blasted off at 7:23 p.m. Sunday from Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern province of Hainan.

    2017, Xinhua News, China says launch of Long March-5 Y2 "unsuccessful"
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    Why do critics—some of them—make such short, smart work,—such cheerful, confident despatch, nowadays, of a story with religion in it, as if it were an abnormity,—a thing with sentence of death in itself, like a calf born with two heads,—that needs not their trouble, save to name it as it is?

    1893, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, Real Folks

    Synonyms: abnormality, aberrant

  2. countableuncountableA monstrosityFirst known use First attested in the mid 19ᵗʰ century.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAlternative form of abnormality

Origin

  1. Latinabnormis“irregular, abnormal”
  2. Late Latinabnormitas
  3. Englishabnormity

From abnorm(al) + -ity, from Late Latin abnormitas, from Latin abnormis (“irregular, abnormal”), from ab + norm (“rule, pattern”). See also abnormous.

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Translations

Dutch abnormaliteit
  • abnormaliteitdeparture from the ordinary type
Greek ανωμαλία, τερατούργημα
  • ανωμαλία (anomalía)departure from the ordinary type
  • τερατούργημα (teratoúrgima)departure from the ordinary type
Norwegian Bokmål abnormitet
  • abnormitetdeparture from the ordinary type
Romanian nenormalitate, abnormalitate
  • nenormalitatedeparture from the ordinary type
  • abnormalitatedeparture from the ordinary type
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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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