Meaning & use
aberrancy
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The state or condition of deviating from what is normal, typical, or expected.
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The geneticist noted a subtle aberrancy in the cell's chromosome structure.
His sudden aberrancy in judgment surprised colleagues who knew him as consistently level-headed.
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Related to the more common adjective 'aberrant'; both derive from the Latin 'aberrare', meaning 'to wander away from'.
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