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The synonyms of “Aberrant” are: deviant, deviate, deviating, divergent, abnormal, atypical, anomalous, digressive, irregular, untypical
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “aberrant” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
abnormal | Not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm. Abnormal powers of concentration. |
anomalous | Deviating from the general or common order or type. Sentences which are grammatically anomalous. |
atypical | Not representative of a group, class, or type. Atypical pneumonia. |
deviant | Departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behaviour. Deviant ideas. |
deviate | Markedly different from an accepted norm. Their deviate behaviour. |
deviating | Markedly different from an accepted norm. |
digressive | Characterized by digression; tending to depart from the subject. A digressive allusion to the day of the week. |
divergent | (of thought) using a variety of premises, especially unfamiliar premises, as bases for inference, and avoiding common limiting assumptions in making deductions. Divergent interpretations. |
irregular | Not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement. Irregular hiring practices. |
untypical | Not having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing; uncharacteristic. He considers the film untypical of college movies. |
aberration | A state or condition markedly different from the norm. I see these activities as some kind of mental aberration. |
abnormal | Much greater than the normal. The illness is recognizable from the patient s abnormal behaviour. |
anomalous | Deviating from the general or common order or type. Advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe. |
atypical | Not representative of a type, group, or class. These days large families are atypical. |
debauch | The practice of excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs. He has debauched the morals of the people and endeavoured to corrupt parliament. |
degenerate | Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally. Conditions in the slums degenerated. |
derail | Obstruct (a process) by diverting it from its intended course. The plot is seen by some as an attempt to derail the negotiations. |
deviance | A state or condition markedly different from the norm. A study of crime and deviance. |
deviant | A deviant person or thing. Killers deviants and those whose actions are beyond most human comprehension. |
deviate | A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior. Their deviate behaviour. |
digress | Wander from a direct or straight course. She always digresses when telling a story. |
distort | Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story. A grimace distorted her mouth. |
distortion | A shape resulting from distortion. Deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre. |
escape | Interrupt an operation by means of the escape key. He could think of no way of escape short of rudeness. |
escaped | Having escaped especially from confinement. Escaped convicts. |
extraordinary | (of an official) specially employed in addition to the usual staff. It is extraordinary that no consultation took place. |
misdirect | Aim (something) in the wrong direction. Voters were misdirected to the wrong polling station. |
misguide | Mislead. A long survey that can only baffle and misguide the general reader. |
perverse | Contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice. Films depicting behaviour which seemed perverse or deviant were seen as more suitable for private therapy than for public consumption. |
pervert | Lead (someone) away from what is considered natural or acceptable. He was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice. |
sinuate | Curved or curving in and out. |
slew | Of an electronic device undergo slewing. A slew of journalists. |
stray | An animal that has strayed especially a domestic animal. He pushed a few stray hairs from her face. |
subnormal | Below normal or average. When you lose enough body heat to make your temperature subnormal you become hypothermic. |
swerve | An erratic deflection from an intended course. A lorry swerved across her path. |
twist | A dance with a twisting movement of the body popular in the 1960s. The taps needed a single twist to turn them on. |
unnatural | (of feelings or behaviour) contrary to what is seen as normal, conventional, or acceptable. The formal tone of the programmes caused them to sound stilted and unnatural. |
unusual | Not commonly encountered. The government has taken the unusual step of calling home its ambassador. |
veer | A sudden change of direction. The motorbike veered to the right. |
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