abnormity
/abˈnɔːmɪti
/noun (plural abnormities)
1An abnormal feature, characteristic, or occurrence: tests for abnormities...
- Smear tests will still be used to test for abnormities after the HPV vaccine is introduced.
- Are these feathers legitimate, or is the whole thing an abnormity?
- Two techniques are regularly used in screening assessment to establish the nature of a confirmed abnormity.
1.1 [mass noun] The quality or state of being abnormal: abnormity of the abdomen...
- Criminal manifestations appear to him to be largely due to physical abnormity or disease.
- On reviewing the epoch-making events of the eighteenth century, we find a condition of affairs startling in its abnormity.
- Women's involvement in war and violence has often been perceived in terms of deviance and abnormity.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from late Latin abnormitas, from abnormis 'monstrous', from ab- 'away, from' + norma (see norm).