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One whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
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aberrant
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WordNet
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adj. markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrent behavior"; "deviant ideas" [syn: deviant ] n. one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
Wikipedia
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Aberrant is a role-playing game created by White Wolf Game Studio in 1999, set in 2008 in a world where super-powered humans started appearing one day in 1998. It is the middle setting in the greater Trinity Universe timeline, chronologically situated about ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ aberrant behavior EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Now, this tree is aberrant in that it has two trunks. ▪ So-called aberrant behavior, in particular lesbian and homosexual behavior, was shown to have a natural precedent and ...
Wiktionary
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a. 1 Differing from the norm. (Attesting from the mid 16 th century until the early 17 th century.) (R:SOED5: page=4) 2 (context sometimes figuratively English) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. (First attested in the mid 18 ...
Usage examples of aberrant.
Q Factor Aberrants has not previously been observed to lead to aberrancy in the offspring of such alliances, since the aberrant factors do not appear to be inherited to any significant extent.
Weavers had been responsible for the practice of killing Aberrant children for more than a hundred years.
Weavers travelled from town to village to city, appearing at festivals or gatherings, teaching the common folk to recognise the Aberrant in their midst, urging them to give up the creatures that hid among them.
Every year, more children were born Aberrant, more were snatched by the Weavers.
The Heir-Empress was an Aberrant, and the Empress in her hubris still seemed intent on putting her on the throne.
Mishani would never have believed it possible - not only that Lucia had been allowed to reach eight harvests of age in the first place, but also that the Empress was foolish enough to think the high families would allow an Aberrant to rule Saramyr.
Kaiku had always been stubborn and wilful, but to be an Aberrant was surely indefensible?
You know that, by revealing yourself as an Aberrant, you could hurt us badly.
I that the high families would sooner see an Aberrant on the throne than a Weaver.
The Weavers know they could not thrive in a realm where an Aberrant ruled.
The Empress might have enough support among the nobles to keep a precarious hold on her throne, but she had made no overtures to the common folk, and they were solidly opposed to the idea of an Aberrant ruler.
Empress is wooing the nobles as well as she can, by introducing them to the Aberrant child so that they may see she is not deformed or freakish.
A shadow seemed to settle on his heart as he thought of the Aberrant lady they had met in Axekami.
In truth, she wondered that Tane did not suspect Asara of being an Aberrant, but it seemed that he would rather not know.
A volley of gunfire tore into the Aberrant creature and it squawked in fury, but it would not let go of its prize.