abnormal — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.

   Esempi

   And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.

   Altri esempi (1)

   Here perhaps one of you might interrupt me and say, 'But what is it that you do, Socrates? How is it that you have been misrepresented like this? Surely all this talk and gossip about you would never have arisen if you had confined yourself to ordinary activities, but only if your behaviour was abnormal. Give us the explanation, if you do not want us to draw our own conclusions.'

2. Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.

   Esempi

   Furuseth was right; I was abnormal, an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.

   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

Sostantivo

1. A person or object that is not normal.

Aggettivo

1. not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm

   Sinonimi

   unnatural

   Contrari

   normal

   Esempi

   abnormal powers of concentration

   abnormal amounts of rain

   Altri esempi (2)

   abnormal circumstances

   an abnormal interest in food

2. departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development

   Contrari

   normal

   Esempi

   they were heartbroken when they learned their child was abnormal

   an abnormal personality

3. much greater than the normal

   Esempi

   abnormal profits

   abnormal ambition