abnormalcy

English

Etymology

abnormal +‎ -cy, by analogy with normalcy.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈnɔɹ.ml̩.si/, /əbˈnɔɹ.ml̩.si/

Noun

abnormalcy (countable and uncountable, plural abnormalcies)

Synonym of abnormality
- 2009, Jarrett Leplin, A Theory of Epistemic Justification, page 29:
  Both the abnormalcy of the conditions and the subject's insensitivity to their abnormalcy are understandable.
- 1922, G.K. Chesterton, What I Saw In America‎:
  […] Capitalism was not a normalcy but an abnormalcy.

Synonyms

(state of being abnormal): abnormality, weirdness; see also Thesaurus:strangeness
(something that is abnormal): aberrant; outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly

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