Aberration — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a state or condition markedly different from the norm

a disorder in one's mental state

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæloʊ/

🇬🇧British English

/bɹˈɛtʃənz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bɹˈɛtʃənz/

4 syllables Say it as /kˈæloʊ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

deviance distortion aberrancy optical aberration aberrance

Word Forms

aberrant	adjective	markedly different from an accepted norm
aberrate	verb	diverge from the expected
deviant	adjective	markedly different from an accepted norm
deviate	adjective	markedly different from an accepted norm

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

aberración

un estado o condición marcadamente diferente de la norma

🇮🇹Italian

aberrazione

uno stato o una condizione marcatamente diversa dalla norma

🇳🇱Dutch

aberratie

een toestand of toestand die duidelijk afwijkt van de norm

🇵🇹Portuguese

aberração

um estado ou condição marcadamente diferente da norma

🇷🇺Russian

аберрация

состояние или состояние, заметно отличающееся от нормы

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विपथन

आदर्श से बिल्कुल अलग अवस्था या स्थिति

🇧🇩Bengali

বিকৃতি

একটি রাষ্ট্র বা শর্ত আদর্শ থেকে লক্ষণীয়ভাবে ভিন্ন

🇮🇳Tamil

பிறழ்வு

ஒரு நிலை அல்லது நிபந்தனை விதிமுறையிலிருந்து குறிப்பிடத்தக்க வகையில் வேறுபட்டது

🇮🇳Telugu

ఉల్లంఘన

కట్టుబాటు నుండి చాలా భిన్నమైన స్థితి లేదా స్థితి

🇮🇳Marathi

विकृती

एक स्थिती किंवा स्थिती सर्वसामान्यांपेक्षा स्पष्टपणे वेगळी आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિકૃતિ

એક રાજ્ય અથવા સ્થિતિ ધોરણથી સ્પષ્ટપણે અલગ છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಪಥನ

ಒಂದು ಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಅಥವಾ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಯು ರೂಢಿಗಿಂತ ಗಮನಾರ್ಹವಾಗಿ ಭಿನ್ನವಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അപഭ്രംശം

മാനദണ്ഡത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വളരെ വ്യത്യസ്തമായ ഒരു അവസ്ഥ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അവസ്ഥ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਿਗਾੜ

ਇੱਕ ਰਾਜ ਜਾਂ ਸਥਿਤੀ ਆਦਰਸ਼ ਤੋਂ ਸਪਸ਼ਟ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਵੱਖਰੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

خرابی

ایک حالت یا حالت معمول سے واضح طور پر مختلف ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

像差

与正常情况明显不同的状态或状况

🇯🇵Japanese

収差

標準とは著しく異なる状態または状態

🇰🇷Korean

수차

표준과 현저히 다른 상태 또는 상태

🇻🇳Vietnamese

quang sai

một trạng thái hoặc điều kiện khác biệt rõ rệt so với tiêu chuẩn

🇹🇭Thai

ความผิดปกติ

สภาพหรือสภาวะที่แตกต่างไปจากบรรทัดฐานอย่างเห็นได้ชัด

🇮🇩Indonesian

penyimpangan

keadaan atau kondisi yang sangat berbeda dari biasanya

🇵🇭Filipino

pagkaligaw

isang estado o kundisyon na kapansin-pansing naiiba sa karaniwan

🇲🇾Malay

penyelewengan

keadaan atau keadaan yang nyata berbeza daripada norma

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

انحراف

حالة أو حالة مختلفة بشكل ملحوظ عن القاعدة

🇮🇷Persian

انحراف

حالت یا شرایطی که به طور قابل توجهی متفاوت از هنجار است

🇹🇷Turkish

sapma

normdan önemli ölçüde farklı bir durum veya durum

🇮🇱Hebrew

סְטִיָה

מצב או מצב שונים באופן ניכר מהנורמה

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