anomalynoun [ C or U ]
uk/əˈnɒm.ə.li/us/əˈnɑː.mə.li/formala person or thing that is different from what is usual, or not in agreement with something else and therefore not satisfactory:
Statistical anomalies can make it difficult to compare economic data from one year to the next.
The anomaly of the social security system is that you sometimes have more money without a job.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people
- alien
- Dalek
- deviant
- fairy
- fish
- Frankenstein
- freak
- monster
- mutant
- oddball
- oddity
- perv
- quirk
- screwball
- sicko
- spaceman
- twilight
- twilight zone idiom
- wacko
- weirdo
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anomalous
adjective uk/əˈnɒm.ə.ləs/us/əˈnɑː.mə.ləs/
In a multicultural society is it not anomalous to have a blasphemy law that only protects one religious faith?
anomalously
adverb uk/əˈnɒm.ə.ləs.li/us/əˈnɑː.mə.ləs.li/