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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity.
The success of the treatment for these particular patients appears to have been an aberration as no other studies have shown such positive effects.They detected aberrations in the airplane's path of flight.- synonyms:
- abnormality, anomaly, deviation, irregularity
- antonyms:
- conformity, normalcy
- similar words:
- departure, freak, nonconformity, oddity, peculiarity, singularity, vagary, variation
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| definition 2: |
a slight deviation in normal mental functioning.
As he entered his nineties, we began to notice aberrations of his personality.- synonyms:
- eccentricity, quirk
- similar words:
- freak, idiosyncrasy, nonconformity, oddity, peculiarity, singularity, vagary, variation, warp
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| definition 3: |
an imperfection in an optical lens, or the blurring caused by such an imperfection.
- synonyms:
- distortion
- similar words:
- imperfection, irregularity
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| related words: |
exception, hallucination |
| derivation: |
aberrational (adj.) |
The word aberration
contains the following parts:
ab-, abs-
Latin
prefix
that means from, away from
  More about this word part:
Most words containing the prefix ab-
, abs-
are Latin loanwords, so the bases are Latin roots. ab-
becomes abs-
before bases beginning with "t," such as "tract."
Example words:
abbreviate, abbreviation, abdicate, abduct, abnormal, abolish, aborigine, abrasive, abrupt, absence, absent, absolute, absorb, abstain, abstract, abuse
err
Latin
root
that means error, wander
Example words:
-ation
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ation
is a compound of -ate1 + -ion. It turns verbs ending in -ate into nouns (decorate/ decoration
). Not all nouns with this suffix, however, have a corresponding verb ending in -ate (information
, alteration).
Example words:
accusation, admiration, agitation, celebration, combination, communication, conversation, coronation, decoration, education, equation, imitation, information, irrigation, irritation, location, pronunciation, reservation, separation, transformation, translation, creation, elevation, discrimination, immigration, evaporation, vacation
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