From ab- + normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous,[1] from Latin abnormis (“departing from normal”), from either (ab- (“away from”) + norma (“rule, norm”)),[2] or Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos).[3]
abnormal (comparative more abnormal, superlative most abnormal)
- Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type. [First attested around the mid 19th century.][4]
1899, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 6, in A Duet:And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
- Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health. [First attested around the early 20th century.][4]
1904, Jack London, chapter 23, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:Furuseth was right; I was abnormal, an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 161:Many of the so-called rites of these secret societies were so patently ridiculous, that it is quite obvious that they were merely an excuse for men and women to indulge in sex-play and lustful gratification, frequently of an abnormal kind.
of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms
- Asturian: anormal
- Bulgarian: ненормален (bg) (nenormalen)
- Catalan: anormal (ca)
- Czech: abnormální (cs) n
- Danish: unormal (da), anormal, abnorm (da)
- Dutch: abnormaal (nl), afwijkend (nl)
- Estonian: ebanormaalne (et)
- Finnish: epänormaali (fi), poikkeava (fi)
- French: anormal (fr) m, anormale (fr) f
- Galician: anormal (gl)
- German: anormal (de), abnormal (de)
- Hungarian: rendellenes (hu)
- Indonesian: abnormal (id)
- Irish: mínormálta
- Italian: anormale (it), anomalo (it)
- Japanese: 異常 (ja) (ijō)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: abnormal (no), anormal, unormal (no), uvanlig (no), usedvanlig, ualminnelig (no), overordentlig
- Persian: آنرمال (fa) (ânormâl)
- Polish: anormalny (pl), nienormalny (pl)
- Portuguese: anormal (pt)
- Romanian: anormal (ro) m or n, nenormal m or n
- Serbo-Croatian: nenormalan (sh)
- Cyrillic: а̏бнорма̄лан
- Roman: ȁbnormālan
- Spanish: anormal (es)
- Swedish: abnorm (sv)
- Volapük: nenomik (vo)
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abnormal (plural abnormals)
- A person or object that is not normal.
- ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 3
- ^ Morris, William, editor (1969), The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, NY: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., published 1971, →ISBN, page 3
- ^ Christine A. Lindberg, editor (2002), “abnormal”, in The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, →ISBN, page 3.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abnormal”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
Borrowed from English abnormal.
abnormal
- abnormal; deviating from the usual or normal type
- retarded (having mental retardation)
- stupid (lacking in intelligence)
abnormal
- retard
- stupid person
For quotations using this term, see Citations:abnormal.
Related to Latin ab- and normal
abnormal (strong nominative masculine singular abnormaler, comparative abnormaler, superlative am abnormalsten)
- abnormal
Positive forms of abnormal
Comparative forms of abnormal
Superlative forms of abnormal
- “abnormal” in Duden online
- “abnormal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Borrowed from Dutch abnormal, from English abnormal or German abnormal. Equivalent to ab- + normal.
- IPA(key): /ap̚ˈnɔr.mal/
- Rhymes: -mal
- Hyphenation: ab‧nor‧mal
abnormal (comparative lebih abnormal, superlative paling abnormal or terabnormal, equative seabnormal)
- abnormal
- not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type
- of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health
From English abnormal.
- IPA(key): [ab.nor.mal]
- Hyphenation: ab‧nor‧mal
- Rhymes: -mal
abnormal (Jawi spelling ابنورمل)
- abnormal
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
From English abnormal, from Latin abnōrmis (“departing from normal”), from both ab- (“away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), and from nōrma (“norm, standard; rule, precept”) (with the suffix -is), from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “examiner, carpenter's square”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “I am aware of”) (with the suffix -μων (-mōn, “I am aware of”), from Proto-Indo-European *-mō), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵiǵneh₃- (with the suffix -σκω (-skō), from Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Equivalent to abnorm + -al, suffix from French -al (“-al”), from Middle French, from Old French -al, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *-li-.
- IPA(key): /abnɔrˈmɑːl/
- Rhymes: -ɑːl
- Hyphenation: ab‧nor‧mal
abnormal (neuter singular abnormalt, definite singular and plural abnormale, comparative mer abnormal, superlative mest abnormal)
- abnormal (not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.)
1969, Naturen:normale og abnormale blodceller- normal and abnormal blood cells
1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 406:[de] abnormale mod skjønhedsideen stridende udvæxter- [the] abnormal outgrowths contrary to the idea of beauty
1967, Naturen, page 6:abnormalt høye varmestrømmer fra underhavene [områdene under verdenshavene]- abnormally high heat flows from under the oceans [areas under the world's oceans]
2015 February 18, scenekunst.no[X]:[han er] ikledd et absurd kontorantrekk fra 60-tallet med abnormalt høyt liv og et stripete slips- [he is] wearing an absurd office suit from the 60's with abnormally high waist and a striped tie
- abnormal psykologi
- abnormal psychology
- Synonyms: anormal, unormal, uvanlig, usedvanlig, ualminnelig, overordentlig
- Antonyms: normal, vanlig, ordinær, gjennomsnittlig
Borrowed from English abnormal, originally as a pseudo-Hispanism as shown by ultimate stress. The correct Spanish counterpart is anormal.
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ʔabnoɾˈmal/ [ʔɐb.n̪oɾˈmal] (common)
- IPA(key): /ʔabˈnoɾmal/ [ʔɐbˈn̪oɾ.mɐl] (in code-switching speech)
- Syllabification: ab‧nor‧mal
abnormál or abnormal (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜋᜎ᜔)
- abnormal; irregular
- Synonyms: di-karaniwan, di-normal
- The pronunciation /ʔabnoɾˈmal/ is the usual pronunciation attested in dictionaries and is commonly used.
- The pronunciation /ʔabˈnoɾmal/ is commonly used in code-switching speech, especially by younger speakers.
- “abnormal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018