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Adjective: aberrant  a'be-runt or 'a-bu-runt [N. Amer], a-bu-runt [Brit]
  1. Markedly different from an accepted norm
    "aberrant behaviour";
    - deviant, deviate
Noun: aberrant  a'be-runt or 'a-bu-runt [N. Amer], a-bu-runt [Brit]
  1. One whose behaviour departs substantially from the norm of a group
    "The aberrant's unusual actions drew attention from the rest of the community"

Derived forms: aberrants

See also: abnormal, unnatural

Type of: anomaly, unusual person

Encyclopedia: Aberrant