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ANOMALOUSNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule

Synonyms:

anomalousness; anomaly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("anomalousness" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anomalousness"):

birth defect; congenital abnormality; congenital anomaly; congenital defect; congenital disorder (a defect that is present at birth)

Derivation:

anomalous (deviating from the general or common order or type)

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