Synonyms for aberration
ˌæb əˈreɪ ʃənaber·ra·tion

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1. aberration

   Of these terms insanity is the most exact and comprehensive, including in its widest sense all morbid conditions of mind due to diseased action of the brain or nervous system, but in its more frequent restricted use applied to those forms in which the mental disorder is persistent, as distinguished from those in which it is temporary or transient. Craziness is a vague popular term for any sort of disordered mental action, or for conduct suggesting it. Lunacy originally denoted intermittent insanity, supposed to be dependent on the changes of the moon (Latin luna): the term is now applied in general and legal use to any form of mental unsoundness except idiocy. Madness is the old popular term, now less common, for insanity in its widest sense, but with suggestion of excitement, akin to mania. In the derived sense, lunacy denotes what is insanely foolish, madness what is insanely desperate. Derangement is a common euphemism for insanity. Delirium is always temporary, and is specifically the insanity of disease, as in acute fevers. Dementia is a general weakening of the mental powers: the word is specifically applied to senile insanity, dotage. Aberration is eccentricity of mental action due to an abnormal state of the perceptive faculties, and is manifested by error in perceptions and rambling thought. Hallucination is the apparent perception of that which does not exist or is not present to the senses, as the seeing of specters or of reptiles in delirium tremens. Monomania is mental derangement as to one subject or object. Frenzy and mania are forms of raving and furious insanity. Compare synonyms for DELUSION; IDIOCY.

   Synonyms:
   alienation, craziness, delirium, dementia, derangement, frenzy, hallucination, insanity, lunacy, madness, mania, monomania

   Antonyms:
   clearness, good sense, lucidity, rationality, sanity

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1. aberration

   Synonyms:
   wandering, divergence, deviation, desultoriness, rambling, disconnectedness, hallucination, inconsecutiveness, idiocy, insanity, exception, abnormity

   Antonyms:
   uniformity, consecutiveness, continuity, connectedness, principle, law, order, type, norm, project, line, tenor, progression, rectilinearity, regularity

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviancenoun

   a state or condition markedly different from the norm

   Synonyms:
   distortion, deviation, aberrancy, optical aberration, aberrance, deviance

2. aberrationnoun

   a disorder in one's mental state

   Synonyms:
   distortion, aberrancy, optical aberration, aberrance, deviance

3. aberration, distortion, optical aberrationnoun

   an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

   Synonyms:
   deformation, overrefinement, deviance, torture, optical aberration, distorted shape, aberrance, twisting, distortion, straining, aberrancy

Matched Categories

1. • Abnormality
   • Mental Disorder

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. aberrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   deviation, divergence, wandering, rambling, departure

2. aberrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   irregularity, eccentricity, singularity, peculiarity, strangeness, unconformity, anomaly, abnormity, monstrosity

3. aberrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   illusion, delusion, hallucination, monomania, self-deception

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1. aberrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   wandering, deviation, abnormity, irregularity, madness, mania

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1. List of paraphrases for "aberration":

   anomaly, absurdity, freak

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How to use aberration in a sentence?

1. William Dimitri:

   I believe the court gave full consideration of the conduct charged and Mr. Scaglione’s background and took into consideration that this conduct was very much an aberration.

2. Tyson Barker:

   Bush was supposed to be an aberration and Obama a restoration, this idea of a reset seems a much tougher sell, especially since Trump's used Donald Trump lame-duck period to burn the house on the way out.

3. Jeffry Wright:

   I don’t think there is an attempt to glamorize gun violence on the show in any respect, the violence that we visit in the show is not judged to be a good thing. It’s judged to be an aberration and I think we – the characters who are on the moral side of the equation – view it that way. I don’t see that there’s any purpose in glamorizing gun violence.

4. Andy Kim:

   We need to live in an America where January 6th is an aberration and will never happen again, and I hope that people join me in that belief no matter what their political leanings are.

5. Toby Dershowitz at the Foundation:

   This case is not an aberration but rather is part of a pattern of the Islamic Republic’s terrorism in Europe and around the world.