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anomaly - a person who is unusual |
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individual,
mortal,
person,
somebody,
someone,
soul a single organism
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anachronism an artifact that belongs to another time
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aberrant one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
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albino a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink
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automaton,
zombi,
zombie a mechanism that can move automatically
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eccentric,
eccentric person,
flake,
geek,
oddball a person with an unusual or odd personality
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behemoth,
colossus,
giant,
goliath,
monster a person of exceptional importance and reputation
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jekyll and hyde someone with two personalities - one good and one evil
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kook,
odd fellow,
odd fish,
odd man out,
queer bird,
queer duck someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
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misfit someone unable to adapt to their circumstances
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rara avis,
rare bird a rare or unique person
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transexual,
transsexual a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex
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ugly duckling an ugly or unpromising child who grows into a beautiful or worthy person
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anomaly - deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule |
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anomalousness |
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abnormalcy,
abnormality behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
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birth defect,
congenital abnormality,
congenital anomaly,
congenital defect,
congenital disorder a defect that is present at birth
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anomaly - (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun) |
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place,
position an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"
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astronomy,
uranology the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
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