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abnormalcy

US/æbˈnɔɹ.ml̩.si/

abnormalcy noun: synonym of abnormality.

Noun

abnormalcy (countable and uncountable, plural abnormalcies)

  1. Synonym of abnormality.
    • Both the abnormalcy of the conditions and the subject's insensitivity to their abnormalcy are understandable.2009, Jarrett Leplin, A Theory of Epistemic Justification, page 29
    • […] Capitalism was not a normalcy but an abnormalcy.1922, G.K. Chesterton, What I Saw In America

Synonyms of abnormalcy

Forms of abnormalcy

pluralabnormalcies

Origin of abnormalcy

From abnormal + -cy, by analogy with normalcy.

Questions about abnormalcy

What does abnormalcy mean?
Abnormalcy means synonym of abnormality.
What part of speech is abnormalcy?
Abnormalcy is a noun.
How do you pronounce abnormalcy?
Abnormalcy is pronounced /æbˈnɔɹ.ml̩.si/ (US).
What is the plural of abnormalcy?
The plural of abnormalcy is abnormalcies.

Words near abnormalcy in the dictionary

  1. abnormal
  2. abnormal hieratic
  3. abnormal psychologies
  4. abnormal psychology
  5. abnormalcies
  6. abnormalcy
  7. abnormalise
  8. abnormalised
  9. abnormalises
  10. abnormalising
  11. abnormalism

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