abnormal

Adjective
  1. Not normal;
    Not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm (synset 301600178)
    "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food"
    also: insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement
    tells us about: normalcy, normality - being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning
    similar to:
    • aberrant, deviant, deviate - markedly different from an accepted norm
    • anomalous - deviating from the general or common order or type
    • antidromic - conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal
    • atypical, irregular - deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal
    • brachydactylic, brachydactylous - having abnormally short finger or toes
    • defective - markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
    • freakish - characteristic of a freak
    • kinky, perverted - (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes
    • subnormal - below normal or average
    • supernormal - exceeding the normal or average
    • vicarious - occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function
    same as: unnatural
  2. Departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development (synset 301603174)
    "they were heartbroken when they learned their child was abnormal"; "an abnormal personality"
    referred to in: psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life
    similar to: exceptional - deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence
  3. Much greater than the normal (synset 301537654)
    "abnormal profits"; "abnormal ambition"
    similar to: immoderate - beyond reasonable limits

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