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abnormality|æbnɔːˈmælɪtɪ|
[f. abnormal + -ity; cf. formality, etc.]
It wants the depreciatory force which generally attaches to abnormity.
1. The quality or state of being abnormal; irregularity of constitution.
1854Balfour Outl. Bot. 213 In cases in which the stamens are not equal in number to the petals the abnormality may be traced to suppression of a certain number. 1874Carpenter Ment. Phys. (1879) ii. x. 459 That remarkable abnormality known as Double Consciousness. 1880Dr. Richardson in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 675 The back, abnormally bent, retains its abnormality.
2. An instance or embodiment of such irregularity; an abnormal or unusual feature or act.
1859Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. V. 208/1 Other congenital abnormalities of the pelvic bones are mentioned. 1868Sat. Rev. 26 Dec. 828/2 The abnormalities of his position would thus be considerably mitigated. 1879Spencer Ethics xi. §74. 98 Such abnormalities of conduct as are instanced above. 1880C. & F. Darwin Movem. Plants 157 Such abnormalities would probably never..occur with forms developed in a state of nature. |