unusual, not normal; irregular, exceptional
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Abnormal Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Nickname for stamps produced by De La Rue for Great Britain, 1862-80 from plates which were not put into production.
Abnormal Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutNot conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.
abnormal
\ab*nor"mal\ (&?;), a. [for earlier anormal.f. anormal, ll. anormalus for anomalus, gr. &?;. confused with l. abnormis. see anomalous, abnormous, anormal.] not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular. "that deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular. "
Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard.
Abnormal, (adj.)
Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested. Wherefore the lexicographer adviseth a striving toward the straiter [sic] resemblance of the Average Man than he hath to himself. Whoso attaineth thereto shall have peace, the prospect of death and the hope of Hell.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested. Wherefore the lexicographer adviseth a striving toward the straiter [sic] resemblance of the Average Man than he hath to himself. Whoso attaineth thereto shall have peace, the prospect of death and the hope of Hell.
Adjective
1. not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food"
(antonym) normal
(similar) aberrant, deviant
(see-also) insane
(attribute) normality, normalcy
2. departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development; "they were heartbroken when they learned their child was abnormal"; "an abnormal personality"
(antonym) normal
(similar) exceptional(a)
(classification) psychology, psychological science
3. much greater than the normal; "abnormal profits"; "abnormal ambition"
(similar) immoderate
Abnormal Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Abnormality, in the vivid sense of something deviating from the normal or differing from the typical (such as an aberration), is a subjectively defined behavioral characteristic, assigned to those with rare or dysfunctional conditions. Defining who is normal or abnormal is a contentious issue in abnormal psychology.
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Abnormal Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
Not normal. An abnormal lesion or growth may be cancerous, premalignant (likely to become cancer), or benign.
A Service of the National Cancer Institute.
adjective
not normal
abnormal behaviour = conduct which is different from the way normal people behave
abnormal motion or abnormal stool = faeces which are different in colour, which are very liquid
not normal
abnormal behaviour = conduct which is different from the way normal people behave
abnormal motion or abnormal stool = faeces which are different in colour, which are very liquid
