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abnormal - not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food" |
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unnatural |
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normal conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"
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insane afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
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normalcy,
normality conformity with the norm
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aberrant,
deviant,
deviate markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"
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anomalous deviating from the general or common order or type; "advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe"
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antidromic conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal
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atypical,
irregular deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal; "these days large families are atypical"; "atypical clinical findings"; "atypical pneumonia"; "highly irregular behavior"
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brachydactylic,
brachydactylous having abnormally short finger or toes
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defective markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior; "defective speech"
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freakish characteristic of a freak; "a freakish extra toe"
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kinky,
perverted (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes; "kinky sex"; "perverted practices"
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subnormal below normal or average; "after the floods the harvests were subnormal"; "subnormal intelligence"
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supernormal exceeding the normal or average; "years of supernormal employment during the war"; "a phase of supernormal excitability"
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vicarious suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another; "vicarious atonement"
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abnormal - departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development; "they were heartbroken when they learned their child was abnormal"; "an abnormal personality" |
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normal conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"
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psychological science,
psychology the science of mental life
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exceptional
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abnormal - much greater than the normal; "abnormal profits"; "abnormal ambition" |
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immoderate beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending"
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