aberrationaladj.
/ˌabəˈreɪʃn̩(ə)l/, /ˌabəˈreɪʃən(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌæbəˈreɪʃ(ə)nəl/ Of, relating to, or characterized by aberration; eccentric, irrational, unsound. Also: aberrant, abnormal, diverging from the norm.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [adjective] > not based on reason
hoflesc1175
unreasonablec1384
fantastica1387
disreasonablec1550
reasonless1556
idle1590
alogical1603
groundless1620
irrational1641
unreasonal1650
adoxal1652
irrationable1657
unreasoning1682
untoward1682
unfaceablea1825
aberrational1837
non-rational1859
irrationalistic1910
a bit hot1925
arational1935
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > emission of light, radiation > [adjective]
focal1682
aberrational1837
focalizing1838
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective]
unrightlyeOE
leasea900
falsec1175
untruec1370
untruefulc1380
erroneousc1400
fallacec1400
wrongc1420
unsubstantialc1455
wrongfulc1470
unrighteous1507
improper1531
perverse1531
mistaken1540
square1549
truthless1568
uncorrect1568
misconceiveda1612
errorous1633
swervinga1638
tralatitious1645
out of the way1676
wrongous1768
aberrated1834
aberrational1837
unsubstantiated1837
unevidenced1842
non-realistic1882
unsubstantiate1890
screwed-up1942
disauthentic1960
1837 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 17 Science 125 It is proposed to determine the aberrational corrections of the first approximate or limiting relations.
1866 Reader No. 164. 170/1 The aberrational myths of early ages.
1890 Knowledge 1 Feb. 62/1 The aberrational orbit of a star situated in the pole of the ecliptic is an ellipse of similar eccentricity to the earth's orbit.
1909 W. Bateson Mendel's Princ. Heredity (new ed.) i. x. 178 It is probable that the various aberrational forms of mammals and birds so often recorded by systematists as ‘isabelline’ are all similar cases of the replacement of black by chocolate.
1918 Criminal Sci. Monogr. 3 131 Some time ago the youngest child was killed by a street car, and since that time the mother had shown aberrational tendencies.
1978 R. Stevens Law & Politics (1979) 69 There were at least two aberrational years before 1900 when Scottish appeals exceeded English.
1998 BBC Match of Day Mag. Apr. 99/4 Apart from one aberrational game at Crystal Palace in the FA Cup, Elliott has had an outstanding season.
Derivatives
aberˈrationally adv.
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1909 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 69 403 Then the velocity of the spot across the line of sight at C should displace it aberrationally, while at A and B there would be no effect of that kind.
1918 C. Sheard Physiol. Optics 121 In (C) are shown the observed order, number and relative positions of the images of the pin as seen by an eye over-corrected aberrationally.
1979 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 17 May 38/3 Sexual union..only aberrationally becomes a crime when an element of pathology..is present.
2005 S. D. Levitt & S. J. Dubner Freakonomics iii. 94 A thoughtful..well built but not aberrationally brave person.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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