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Aberrant Common

Aberrant has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group

2

A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.

Adjective
1

markedly different from an accepted norm

"aberrant behavior"

"deviant ideas"

2

Differing from the norm.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
anomaly

Origin

The word comes from the Latin aberrans, meaning "going astray." It is formed from the prefix ab- ("from") and the verb errare ("to wander").

Rhyming Words
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