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Another word for aberration

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aberration

n.

Deviation
irregularity, lapse, wandering; see difference 2.
Abnormality
strangeness, peculiarity, derangement; see characteristic, irregularity 2, quirk.

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Another word for aberration

noun

A departing from what is prescribed:
departure, deviation, divergence, divergency, diversion. See approach, correct
The condition of being abnormal:
aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, anomaly, deviance, deviancy, deviation, irregularity, preternaturalness, unnaturalness. See good, usual
(Psychology)
Serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely:
brainsickness, craziness, dementia, derangement, disturbance, insaneness, insanity, lunacy, madness, mental illness, psychopathy, unbalance. (Psychiatry) mania. (Psychology) alienation. See sane

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She is normally calm and level headed, so this outburst is an aberration.
The discovery of the aberration of light in 1725, due to James Bradley, is one of the most important in the whole domain of astronomy.
We considered our defeat to be an aberration, since we'd easily beaten this team last season.
The residents considered the recent surge in burglaries to be an aberration, since their neighborhood was known for its safety.
The chromatic aberration of the object-glass of one of these telescopes is corrected for photographic rays, and the image formed by it is received on a highly sensitive photographic plate.

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