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aberrant
/əˈbɛɹ.ənt/
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What does aberrant mean?
adjective
- Differing from the norm.
- (figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
- Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
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noun
- A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
- A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈbɛɹ.ənt/
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Mankind has often enough worshiped the insane and mentally aberrant and has as often been diabolically cruel to them.
Though her delinquencies seemed to show cunning and skill, a careful investigation revealed the fact that this was merely aberrant.
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The more aberrant any form is, the greater must be the number of connecting forms which have been exterminated and utterly lost.
Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.
Pye-Smith reports an extremely interesting case in which death occurred from traumatic aneurysm of an aberrant subclavian artery.