aberration

Noun

  1. a state or condition markedly different from the norm
    • Synonyms
      • aberrance
      • aberrancy
      • deviance
    • Less specific
      • abnormality
      • abnormalcy
    • More specific
      • chromosomal aberration
      • chromosomal anomaly
      • chrosomal abnormality
      • chromosonal disorder
      • deflection
      • warp
    • Related
      • aberrant
      • deviant
      • deviate
      • aberrate
      • aberrate
      • aberrant
      • deviant
      • deviate
      • aberrant
      • deviant
      • deviate
      • aberrate
      • aberrate
      • aberrant
      • deviant
      • deviate
  2. a disorder in one’s mental state
    • Less specific
      • mental disorder
      • mental disturbance
      • disturbance
      • psychological disorder
      • folie
    • Related
      • aberrate
  3. an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
    • Synonyms
      • distortion
      • optical aberration
    • Less specific
      • optical phenomenon
    • More specific
      • chromatic aberration
      • spherical aberration
    • Related
      • aberrate

aberration – LookUp

noun

  1. a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one

they described the outbreak of violence in the area as an aberration | I see these activities as some kind of mental aberration | the decade was seen as a period of aberration in the country’s progress towards a democratic society

Biology a characteristic that deviates from the normal type

colour aberrations

Origin

late 16th century : from Latin aberratio(n- ), from aberrare to stray (see aberrant )

Thesaurus

Noun

  1. economists said the figure was an aberration

Similar Words: anomaly deviation divergence abnormality irregularity variation digression edge case freak rogue rarity quirk oddity curiosity mistake

  1. it is possible that, in a moment of aberration, the parent may strike the child

Similar Words: abnormality irregularity eccentricity deviation transgression straying lapse aberrancy

  1. the experience might have been no more than a temporary aberration of an exhausted mind

Similar Words: disorder defect disease irregularity instability derangement vagary