Noun Abnormity Definition and Examples
Definition:
1.noun
An abnormal feature, characteristic, or occurrence.
- 'Let us consider it carefully before we lay before the world what might prove a structural and aesthetic abnormity.'
- 'The asparagus or sweet potato stem occasionally broadens out into a ribbon, and it passes as an abnormity.'
- 'Smear tests will still be used to test for abnormities after the HPV vaccine is introduced.'
- 'The same author speaks of the nails frequently showing evidences of abnormity in connection with either absence or superabundance of hair.'
- 'The first question asks us to decide what type of mind is a potential criminal, or what degree of abnormity a man must have to be a criminal.'
- 'Criminal manifestations appear to him to be largely due to physical abnormity or disease.'
((n.) Departure from the ordinary type; irregularity;
monstrosity.)
Origin:
Mid 18th century: from late Latin abnormitas, from abnormis ‘monstrous’, from ab- ‘away, from’ + norma (see norm).
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