abnormality

Other forms of abnormality

plural

abnormalities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about abnormality

What does abnormality mean?

abnormality means "an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in abnormality?

abnormality has 5 syllables: ab-nor-mal-i-ty. The stress falls on "mal". In IPA it is /ˌæbnɔɹˈmæləti/.

What is another word for abnormality?

Close synonyms include abnormalcy, mental defectiveness, freakishness, irregularity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of abnormality?

The recorded antonyms are normality.

Is abnormality a common word?

abnormality is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with abnormality?

2 words rhyme with abnormality. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.